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TIL "Trial by combat" has never been abolished in the United States and is still technically valid by US law

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lodpA TIL after the 2011 earthquake in Japan, members of the yakuza gathered supplies and gave food to the victims. Some even opened their offices to people who couldn't return home. Some people felt like their response was much quicker and efficient than that of the government.
bWmN TIL Of John Bunting, a serial killer who convinced his friends to kill innocent people by telling them they were pedophiles.
5V7pR TIL How John Maynard Keynes changed Economics
loDgB TIL that the average man shouldn't have more than 36g of added sugar and the average woman shouldn't have more than 25g per day. To put that into perspective a can of soda has 40g of sugar in it.
VkdD TIL the original founders/owners of Macy’s died on the Titanic and were the old couple in the movie who went to sleep as the ship went down.