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TIL how criminals launder money

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Xnlj TIL that foundries use dirt floors because molten metal can make concrete explode due to trapped moisture
JrEm TIL a nurse in Florida reported seeing the 9/11 hijackers in the hospital she worked at. She reported this to the FBI and was subsequently fired from her job.
4OpJ TIL In 1884 two British men cannibalized a dying child after being shipwrecked for weeks, which saved their lives long enough to be rescued. They were then convicted of murder and sentenced to death upon returning to England.
9VED TIL I learned of the prankster Horace de Vere Cole. He once ruined a “pretentious and terrible play” by giving tickets for strategically selected seats to bald men. When the lights went up their shiny heads spelt out a swearword.
QwRp TIL that Andrew Jackson chose a donkey as the Democratic Party’s mascot because his political enemies called him a jackass.