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TIL after it was found a black girl was fabricating a gang rape allegation, Al Sharpton accused the prosecutor of being a racist, and stated the prosecutor was one of the rapists.

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KYyN6 TIL: In the United States, children were considered the parents property until the 1960s. Even in 1956, attempts to pass U.S. Federal legislation to ban baby-selling failed.
nmY TIL In Costa Rica streets aren’t named and houses aren’t numbered
L1jr TIL after Rasputin was murdered, a group of people dug up his remains & burned them. As the body was being burned, Rasputin appeared to sit up in the flames, terrifying onlookers. This effect can be attributed to the heat, which caused his tendons to shrink, forcing the body to bend at the waist.
7Npb TIL Angostura bitters labels are too big for the bottle because two brothers that started the company, one designed the label, the other, the bottle, and they didn’t consult with one another about the size. It became their signature.
wdg8 TIL the GPS is owned by the United States and was originally developed for military usage but made freely-available in 1983 by President Ronald Reagan after Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was shot down