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TIL Michael Jackson's maternal grandfather was named Prince Albert Screws

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XEXjR TIL Stephen Marshall American-Canadian vigilante who searched publicly available Sex offender registries in the United States for the names and addresses of convicted sex offenders before traveling to Maine in the Northeastern United States and murdering two.
9OEp TIL that Antonio Buehler was arrested and assaulted by the Austin PD for taking pictures of a police officer abusing a woman during a DUI arrest
KJ5R TIL James Buchanan Duke is credited as the inventor of the cigarette, made billions, and Duke University is named in his honor.
QNjWM TIL of the Age of the Sturlungs, a civil war in the Icelandic Commonwealth where chieftains fought each other and culminating in the signing of the Old Covenant leading to Norwegian kingship.
kaQd TIL That a would-be suicide bomber was killed after a spam text message set off his explosives