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TIL about “Shaggy defense” - a legal defense strategy in which a person denies an accusation with the simple defense of "it wasn't me", despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary

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nWEJ7 TIL the story of Aladdin was not in the original Arabic version of One Thousand and One Nights (aka Arabian Nights). It was added by a French translator. The tale is set in a Chinese city, with Aladdin being Chinese himself.
Z84EG TIL in 1996, David Bowie released the first downloadable song by a major artist (it took 11 minutes to download). He later launched an ISP (BowieNet) to compete with AOL. Subscribers to the dial-up service were offered exclusive content, as well as an email address and "uncensored" Internet access.
l0vA TIL that Bill Cosby was accused of sexual assault by 13 different women between the 1970’s and 2004.
Oj6Y TIL Saudi Arabia’s Minister of the Interior met with a terrorist who stated that he would surrender unconditionally. The two men sat on the floor. The terrorist began to shake and cry and then blew himself up. The minister survived, because the explosives in the terrorist’s rectum blasted downward.
kOQ6g TIL despite being filmed in Austria, The Sound of Music was and is still unpopular in the German-speaking world. The third act (the events surrounding the occupation of Austria) was cut by the Munich manager of the studio, before being restored after director Robert Wise intervened.