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TIL about ADX Florence, one of the most secure prisons in the U.S. Inmates have been involved in espionage, bombings, mafia hits, serial killings, 9/11, and more.

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D1X8p TIL, Pete Ham and Tom Evans, the songwriters of the song "Without You" (hit singles for Harry Nilsson and Mariah Carey) both committed suicide. Ham's suicide was because of financial troubles and Evans' suicide was because of a dispute over songwriting royalties for this song.
XEyLk TIL that the Catholic Church owns 177 million acres of land making it the largest non-governmental land owner in the world.
yA8 TIL the FBI keeps a publicly-available list of every gang name they come across, indexed by state, and some of the names are hilarious.
yQ5wV TIL of Jesse Sharp, who died going over Niagra Falls in a kayak, confident enough that he had dinner reservations booked that evening. He refused to wear both a helmet and a life jacket.
GY9PN TIL In 1965 Milton Olive III sacrificed his own life to save a group of soldiers by smothering a live grenade. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor award, becoming the first African American of the Vietnam War to do so.