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TIL that despite a long career in organized crime, mobster Meyer Lansky was never found guilty of anything other than illegal gambling

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7rQr7 TIL that in 2013, the state of Nevada was sued for engaging in "Greyhound Therapy," a practice where troublesome mental patients are given one-way tickets to out-of-state destinations in order to free up bed space.
D1xoj TIL if you trace back the family tree of a drone bee, the number of parents in each generation follows the Fibonacci sequence.
nW9B9 TIL In 1981 when Ronald Reagan was sworn in as president of US he asked the chief of staff to show him the war room of Pentagon because he thought what the movie Dr. Strangelove depicted was real
nNeW TIL the cymbal company, Zildjian was founded over 400 years ago in the Ottoman Empire and is one of the world’s oldest existing companies.
mvNx TIL In Qatar there is a sport called Robot Camel Racing where robots are placed on top of the camels are operated by a joystick, using the right hand to crack whips and the left to pull on the reins. by law they are the only jockeys allowed in Qatar.