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TIL a 87 year old Baltimore woman locked a police officer in her basement when he tried searching her home without a warrant. She sued and won a $95,000 settlement.

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gGvX TIL A man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for killing and eating the last indochinease tiger in China
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RGM4 TIL that even though Sesame Street’s famous Pinball Number Count cartoon shorts went up to 12, only eleven segments were made. There was never a cartoon for 1.
Pegw TIL that not only did Coco Chanel steal her famous perfume Chanel No. 5 from the Jewish family that financed it. But she also go them to pay her living expenses afterwards with Nazi help.