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TIL of Diren Dede, a 17-year-old exchange student from Germany, who entered the garage of Markus Kaarma looking for alcohol, and Kaarma deliberately set alcohol out as bait. Kaarma was sentenced to 70 years in prison for deliberate homicide.

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6EEVY TIL of a U.S. Senate bill passed in 2011 specifically to extend the term of Robert Mueller as FBI director beyond the usual 10 years. It passed 100-0.
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