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TIL that the current Director of the FBI keeps a copy of the FBI request to wiretap Martin Luther King, Jr., “as a reminder of the bureau’s capacity to do wrong.”

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bWb9 TIL many years after Octavian agreed to Cicero’s name being placed on the proscription list, Octavian found his grandson reading a book by Cicero, he took it from him, read a bit of it, and then returned it saying: “He was a learned man, dear child, a learned man who loved his country”.
Wv79 TIL Steve Buscemi volunteered at his old firehouse the day after the 9/11 attacks, working twelve-hour shifts for a week, and digging through rubble looking for missing firefighters
RMO4 TIL that the minimum wage in Australia varies by age and profession
dDEQB TIL - Arthur Galston, botanist, focused on soybean research. He discovered a chemical which allowed soybeans to flower quicker, but with too much of this chemical it caused the flower to wilt. The U.S. military became highly interested in this aspect of the research, and Agent Orange was born...
j4an TIL A parking meter official got busted stealing $90,000 in quarters. Bank staff became suspicious because he was regularly depositing large amounts of coins into his personal account while still wearing his parking enforcement uniform.