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TIL an inmate was forcibly tattooed across his forehead with the words “Katie’s revenge” by another inmate after they found out he was serving time for molesting and murdering a 10 year old girl named Katie

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VMWOk TIL that graves became 6 feet deep as a result of the plague in 1665.
epag5 TIL Andrew Jackson gave his 21-year-old niece the role of First Lady when his wife died. She was praised for the food and alcohol she served during her tenure.
4XJD5 TIL that in 1914, thousands of allied troops were transported from Paris to the Battle of the Marne in local taxis.
boG4 TIL in 1959, a white author underwent skin treatments to appear African-American, hitchhiked around the Pre-Civil Rights South to experience hatred and racism firsthand, then wrote a bestselling book about it.
4XPQb TIL that in 1987 a group in Mumbai, India pretending to be CBI officers (Indian FBI) advertised and conducted interviews claiming to be hiring "Intelligence and Security Officers". 26 people were hired, and then they were used to "raid" (rob) a jewelry store. The group was never caught.