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LQPA0 TIL The creator of BitTorrent, Bram Cohen, is also the founder of a a protocol called Chia Network that implements a proof-of-space-time cryptocurrency.
Z8KK4 TIL, in 1969, police raided George Harrison's house and arrested him when they claimed to have found a large piece of hashish in one of Harrison’s shoes. Harrison proclaimed his innocence, saying, "I’m a tidy man. I keep my socks in the sock drawer and stash in the stash box. It’s not mine."
VBbRm TIL in 2024 the parents of a boy who had about 1/3 of his penis cut off by a doctor during a botched procedure was awarded $100 million by a jury, which was twice the amount the parents had asked for.
xVL5k TIL Project RENEW, co-founded in 2001 by a US Army vet in an effort to help clear unexploded bombs in Vietnam, now spends about $24 million a year clearing unexploded ordnance, teaching children about the risks, and assisting victims. The project cleared 17,000 bombs in 2017.
D0gv TIL when Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, commander of the all-black 54th Regiment during the American Civil War, died at Fort Wagner, he was stripped and buried with his men as an insult. His father, however, proclaimed that he was proud to know that his son rests with his brave and devoted soldiers.