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TIL Sheriff Joe Arpaio had detectives purchase bomb parts and coerce a man, James Saville, in a plot to assassinate Arpaio. After four years of incarceration Saville was acquitted and ended up winning a lawsuit costing taxpayers $1.1 million.

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JYPok TIL Author Roald Dahl's last words would have been "You know, I'm not frightened. It’s just that I will miss you all so much", but after a painful morphine injection while he was still conscious, his last words were "Ow, fuck."
78n9M TIL that John Surratt, a friend of John Wilkes Booth and co-conspirator in Lincoln's assassination, never faced any criminal or civil repercussions for his actions.
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