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TIL Colorado teen Erik Jensen received more time in prison for failing to intervene in a murder than the actual murderer did

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nekWP TIL 16% of all women 65 and over, are living at Poverty level. Marital status impacts whether an older woman is living in poverty. 26.1% of women who never married live in poverty compared 4.9% of married women. $12,490 is the poverty level, US poverty rate 13.9 percent.
4XjAw TIL Peter Falk's real wife appeared on Columbo more than any other actress.
4XYYo TIL: Michael Shen Fu-Tsung was one of the first Chinese to visit England in 1681. His works can still be found at Oxford University library.
dgXQ TIL a 17-yr-old found Chris Hemsworth’s wallet on a restaurant table in L.A.; he returned it to the actor who gave him back the wallet’s cash plus more. Later on the Ellen Show, the teen was also rewarded $10K cash for his honesty.
AVY7 TIL A Polish art student hung his own painting up in a major art Gallery where it went unnoticed for three days.