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TIL about Ashok Khemka, an IAS officer (Indian Civil Service bureaucrat), who has been transferred 54 times in 29 years by state governments, because he keeps exposing corruption.

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7rLkM TIL when Tom Hanks was touring the White House, he learned that the press corps didn't have a coffee pot so he donated one then, and again in '10 and '17. "Keep up the good fight for Truth, Justice, and the American Way. Especially for the truth part" is the message that accompanied the '17 machine.
avOJ TIL Marvel assigned almost all the states their own superheros. Utah’s are undisclosed members of the Mormon church.
Q7bd TIL the first spam email and the first DoS attack occurred on the same day. A law firm sent a spam message over the early web, and annoyed recipients flooded them with angry responses, crashing their computer.
6EEoQ TIL in the Philippines, legally registering property takes 168 procedures, 53 agencies and a waiting list of 13 to 25 years.
PYGpO TIL Matt Murdock aka Daredevil and the Ninja turtles share the same origin