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Today I learned no NBA player has ever been born in Vermont

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P01L TIL that the main reason for such a high percentage of Americans being behind bars is that 95% of cases never get to court. The “plea bargain” exchanges lighter sentences for guilty pleas, but eliminates all chance of appeal.
grlxX TIL Hitler was not a German citizen by birth. He was born in Austria and it was only in 1932 that he became a citizen of the country.
OG0eL TIL about Peter Niers who confessed to killing over 500 people after he was tortured and executed in 1581
jE1n TIL Traces of cannabis have been found on Shakespeare’s pipe
VBWJ8 TIL In 1963, The Alweg Monorail Company offered to build a 43-mile monorail system for Los Angeles County free of charge, recouping construction costs from passenger fares. The County Board of Supervisors declined the offer under pressure from Standard Oil.