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TIL The hacker that exposed the steubenville rapists could get more jail time than the rapists themselves

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nWaGY TIL that during the segregation in South Africa, there was a pencil test where on would be classified as non-white/non-European. One would put a pencil into their hair and shake their head, when it fell out, you were deemed white.
od8Y TIL during a meeting with the UN, North Koreans came with AK-47s under their jackets. Instead of confronting them, American officers turned up the heat in the room to make them sweat under their heavy clothes
jNjOa TIL that the Old Testament says farmers should leave the edges of their fields unharvested for the poor and traveling foreigners to eat
wLvx1 TIL that some spider species mimic ants and kill them one by one when they least expect it. They have a fake ant head that splits open to reveal deadly weapons.
l7GnV TIL Mary Surratt was the first woman to be executed by the U.S Federal Government after being convicted for her alleged involvement in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.