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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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BrWVd TIL that Charlie Chaplin’s body was stolen from his Swiss grave in 1978, two months after he was buried. The bandits planned to hold the Chaplin family to ransom for its return, but the police tracked them down and ultimately recovered the body.
woeA6 TIL Humans can track scents and can improve with practice
o9oW TIL while in college Deion Sanders played in the first game of a double header in baseball, ran a leg on his track teams 4x100 meter relay, and then came back and played the second game of his double header all in the same day. He is also the only person to play in the super bowl and world series.
l78VA Til wolverine was created because Marvel's then editor in chief Roy Thomas wanted a Canadian hero to boost north-of-the-border sales
KALE TIL Prostitution isn’t and has never been illegal in Canada