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TIL it's illegal to receive compensation for fortune telling in Oklahoma

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0dN8L TIL: A Virginia Beach woman produced $31.8 million in counterfeit coupons. She was sentenced to 12 years in prison “perpetrating a counterfeit coupon fraud scheme”. Her husband was sentenced to 7 years in prison because he was aware of and profited from the scheme.
Nxa1 TIL Islamic author Ibn Warraq has argued due to a translation error, what awaits Islamic martyrs in heaven may not be 72 “virgins,” but 72 “white raisins”.
kOp1E TIL that the kid starring on the film Empire of the Sun (1987) is Christian Bale on his first Hollywood film. TIL also that the song in this video is called Suo Gân and it is a Welsh traditional lullaby from c. 1800
yVQe8 TIL that life insurance policies don’t cover people who died in a nuclear disaster
GYR4Q TIL a man once broke into Buckingham Palace and entered the Queen's bedroom, dripping blood and carrying a shard of broken glass. The Queen shouted "What are you doing here?!" and ran out. No charges were brought since breaking into Buckingham Palace wasn't classed as a criminal offence at the time.