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TIL a convicted murderer was once granted a retrial after it was discovered that four members of the jury used a Ouija board to contact the victim before rendering their verdict.

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E1wDp TIL a Dutch designer recreated the bridges found on the Euro banknotes which are supposed to be fictional to not favour a country
VZ1Z TIL iron in the red sand beaches of the Galapagos islands is responsible for fertilizing the surrounding ocean and supports the entire diverse local food chain. Humans could artificially do the same with mineral iron in any ocean
PZke TIL that Lolita, the killer whale, has been kept in Miami Seaquarium since 1970. The orca is 20 ft long, and her tank measures 60 by 80 ft by 20 ft deep. Her only company for 10 years was Hugo, who died after a brain aneurysm caused by repeatedly banging his head on the tank windows.
E1Qwx TIL on the same day Carol Greider was notified she had won the Nobel Prize of Medicine in 2009, funding for her grant proposal on the very subject she won the Prize for was rejected and deemed, in her words, "not worthy for discussion" less than 3 hours later.
VBYpG TIL the term ‘prequel’ was coined by The Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien, according to his son, Christopher