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TIL that the very first time DNA fingerprinting evidence was used in a criminal case, its use cleared a teenage suspect of a murder he had confessed to under intense grilling.

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G8AE TIL a billionaire hedge fund manager spent $50million investigating HERBALIFE and exposing it as pyramid scheme in a public presentation. HERBALIFE share price shot up 25% as a result.
wWkW TIL that eating meat is an essential part of human evolution, making humans evolve to a “smarter” species than our ancestors.
PYyJw TIL A massive amount of the donations sent to clothing recycling companies and charities end up being exported and sold all over the world, heavily dominating local markets across Africa.
JrXV TIL Near the bottom of the Grand Canyon, you can place your hand across a geological division where the difference in age between the rock touching your upward fingers and the rock touching the base of your hand is more than 1 billion years.
mx5Wo TIL of Andy—a footless goose born in the 1980s who walked around in baby shoes. He rapidly became a huge star and appeared all over the media, before he was murdered in 1991. His death sparked a nation-wide outrage and a $10,000 reward for information about his killer, but the case was never solved.