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TIL that Warren Buffet submitted a $7 tax return when he was a teenager.

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6EdXl TIL of the 4 Chaplains. A Jewish Rabbi, a Catholic priest, and 2 Protestant ministers who were on the SS Dorchester when it was torpedoed. The 4 helped evacuate the ship and gave away their own lifejackets when supply ran out, then joined arms and sang hymns as they went down with the ship.
7r04b TIL in 2019 a man dressed in a morph suit scammed an entire village by asking them to pay and he'd reveal his identity later. He would later disappear with their money.
b9WYa TIL Former fire captain/fire investigator John Orr was one of the most prolific serial arsonists in US history. He set over 2000 fires, killing 4, and after his capture brush fires in the foothills of California decreased by 90% from an average of over 60 per year to just 1 per year.
8aEXL TIL that buccaneers derived their name from the Arawak word for buccan, a wooden meat smoker. This smoked meat was purchased largely by Caribbean privateers who eventually gained the nickname.
DR8v TIL in California, regardless of store policy, gift cards with a value less than $10 are redeemable in cash.