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TIL Judge Judy is not a judge on her show, but an arbitrator in a binding arbitration. The seemingly official looking outfits and sets are really just for show.

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OM57 TIL in 1836 a group of young boys discovered a group of 17 miniature coffins buried in a cave outside Edinburgh, Scotland. The coffins contain tiny dolls, each individually dressed, and the coffins all differ in their decoration. No one knows who buried them, when, or why.
4XQmg TIL Super Bowl Half-Time Performers don’t get paid to perform.
EgJN0 TIL that nuts and bolts weren't always standardised, but once were all individual.
b9jRa TIL That Eminem sampled Argentinian rockstar Luis Alberto Spinetta in 'Stepdad', a song from his latest album 'Music to be murdered by'
9YYo7 TIL that before his execution, the Marquis de Favras, upon reading his death warrant stated, "I see that you have made three spelling mistakes"