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TIL that Harry Redknapp once brought a fan on to play for West Ham in a preseason friendly.

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8VLL TIL that in Ottawa, Ontario there is a law stating that it is illegal to lock a child under the age of 5 in a refrigerator
wLYO8 TIL that Hiram Revels was the first African-American Senator. He took the seat of Jefferson Davis, who was the president of the Confederacy
78VOO TIL the US federal government captures and sells excess wild horses to the public
M7ey8 TIL that Ira Einhorn, an activist who helped establish Earth Day, also killed his ex-girlfriend in 1977 and composted her corpse in his apartment for 18 months.
M7EM7 TIL the noted children’s author, Shel Silverstein (Where the Sidewalk Ends; The Giving Tree), also wrote the lyrics to Johnny Cash’s “A Boy Named Sue,” as well as many other chart topping songs for Waylon Jennings and Loretta Lynn 🤠