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4kOGX TIL that strawberry boxes are called punnets, and that their inventor was an ancestor of the creator of the Punnet square
aJZb TIL that 3,278 Americans are serving life without parole for non-violent crimes, including petty crimes like shoplifting.
EgxZd TIL about Super mom cheetah ‘Mamma Sita’ she not only raises more pups to adulthood than any other cheetah, she even adopts them!
nXbd TIL That after Russell Crowe publicly trashed George Clooney for being in an ad, Clooney sent him a note saying, “Dude, the only people who succeed when two famous people are fighting is People magazine. What is wrong with you?”
n0Yb TIL when the makers of OxyContin were sued by Kentucky over the drug, a survey was run to see if a jury would be impartial. Almost 40% of residents knew someone with criminal trouble because of the drug, 33% said they knew someone who overdosed/was seriously hurt, and 29% knew someone who died.