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TIL At age 14 “White Boy Rick” was hired as an informant for the DEA in Detroit, rose to the top of the drug game while helping to incarcerate the real kingpins. He is now in prison because DEA refuses to admit to hiring him.

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pYrwA TIL that there were 26 Children and 36 Spouses of Spanish-American War veterans still receiving VA benefits or pensions as of 2021. The war happened nearly 125 years ago.
8aLYK TIL that the Northern Royal Albatross take their first flight after about 8 months of age, and then spend the next 3-5 years at sea, never touching land during that time. Many then return to their headland where they born so they can then breed, having flown over 190,000km per year during that time.
kOyX7 TIL that in South Korea, November 11th is known as "Pepero Day". It involves the gifting or exchange of Pepero snacks, a line of chocolate-dipped cookie sticks, with the intention of displaying affection for friends and loved ones.
7rX4x TIL about perpetual stew, a stew containing whatever is on hand and added to as needed. Constantly kept above the “danger zone”, it can be in the same pot for years if always above 140f, creating a perpetual cycle of adding and removing from it. It was often a staple of medieval inn meals.
94V7 TIL that a man escaped from slavery, by not running away, but by mailing himself through the post office to a free state