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TIL: Male Jurors are more likely to find fat women guilty

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NXMWJ TIL that the TIE fighter sounds on Star Wars were created from elephants.
QJ4pX TIL That Len Bias' death was reported in the media as a crack overdose. Members of the US government used the news to promote the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 including the 100:1 ratio of crack sentencing. Len Bias actually died of a cocaine overdose, and there is no evidence of him ever using crack.
N7Q8e TIL Wine mixed with coke is an actual thing and it’s called Kalimotxo, it’s one part red wine and 1 part coke and it’s been around since the 1970s. It has become an icon of Basque culture and one of Spain's most international drinks
E1WL0 TIL that the rock band Kiss used to sell a Kiss-themed casket called the "Kiss Kasket" and that Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul were both buried in one
WBO8 TIL there is a theory which says that the evolutionary path that lead to intelligent life was caused by apes that started eating magic mushrooms.