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TIL Kathy Boudin Served 23 Years In Prison For Felony Murder. After Her Release She Earned A Doctorate And Became An Adjunct Professor At Columbia University.

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mx74p TIL of Littlewood’s Law of Miracles, which defines a miracle as a hugely-improbable, 1-in-a-million event. Assuming there are roughly eight hours per day where humans are alert, and we experience an “event” once per second, on average we should expect to experience a miracle about once per month.
R71al TIL that a Latvian man evaded the Soviets in bunkers in the woods for the entirety of the 50 year Soviet occupation. He came put when the last Soviet troops left, age 70.
7rV5r TIL J.K. Simmons, who played music teacher Terence Fletcher in “Whiplash”, has a music degree from the University of Montana, with a major in voice and minors in composing and conducting.
4X9ZR TIL There was once an Irish Armed Invasion of Canada
rX8x TIL that this chair scene in Austin Powers wasn’t scripted. The tech team was messing with Mike and he stayed in character so they just kept the scene.