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TIL that tattoos can be non-vegan, because they use bone char, gelatin, glycerin and shellac in their inks.

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nebgb TIL that in 1867, an American businessman attended a reading of A Christmas Carol and was so moved by it, that he closed his factory on Christmas Day and sent every employee a turkey.
Oo7x6 TIL of Richard Tarvin III. A man who sold part of his structured settlement annuity (SSA) worth more than $400,000 to J.G. Wentworth claims the financial services company took advantage of him and fraudulently advised him to use an attorney who was not "disinterested counsel."
aN9 TIL That 3 divers nicknamed the “Chernobyl Suicide Squad” prevented a second explosion that would have rendered Europe “uninhabitable” by volunteering to dive into highly-radiated water beneath the reactor.
wLjV1 TIL about Neale McShane, an Aussie police officer who patrolled a beat of over 90,000 square miles (the size of the UK) all by himself.
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