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TIL the longest prison sentence ever given was 384,912 years long for failing to deliver mail.

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MekwA TIL in 1928 women competed in the 800 Meters Olympics for the first time and it was reported by the media to be a complete disaster with women fainting and sobbing hysterically. Women were no longer allowed to compete until 1960. In reality, no one fainted and several beat the existing world record.
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rVn0 TIL in the United States any violent crime committed with a gun equipped with a suppressor has a minimum prison sentence of 30 years.
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JR4 TIL Erwin Rommel did not want Hitler to be assassinated, fearing he would become a martyr, and that it would spark civil war in Germany and Austria. Instead he wanted him tried for his crimes.