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TIL Danish Pastry Are Not from Denmark But Was Brought There by Austrian Bakers

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Z8yRR TIL that your “Miranda Rights” was named after Ernesto Miranda who wasn’t read his rights prior to confessing to a crime. Years later Ernesto was stabbed to death but when a suspect was arrested, unlike Miranda, he exercised his right to remain silent. With no evidence against him, he was released.