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TIL that Ken Anderson, the DA who framed Michael Morton for the murder of his wife and forced an innocent man to send 25 year in prison was while his son grow up being told his father was a murderer, only spent 10 days in jail for his crime.

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gMWW9 TIL of "Jerome of Sandy Cove" an unknown man who washed up on the shore of Nova Scotia September 8 1863. Both his legs were amputated above the knees and he couldn't (or refused to) understand French, Latin, Italian, or Spanish. He died 49 years later and no one ever figured out where he came from.
LkvvZ TIL Denatured Alcohol isn't a chemical reaction. It's Ethanol -the same alcohol found in alcoholic beverages- mixed with other chemicals and made poisonous to ingest.
xV1W1 TIL that after John Muir recovered from temporary blindness,caused by a factory accident that shot a piece of metal into his eye, he dedicated his life to the environment and help established Yosemite, Sequoia, Mount Rainer, and the Grand Canyon as National Parks.
XEpxR TIL Brazil Nuts grow on trees with deep roots, which reach down to soil high in natural radium. This makes Brazil Nuts more radioactive than most other items in your home.
R5Dy7 TIL that in 2011 a resident of Atherton, California called police to report a strange light in the sky. Police were able to determine that the strange light was the moon.