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TIL there's an American attorney who has been under house arrest for a year because of a contempt of court charge for failing to turn over his personal electronics to Chevron. The maximum sentence for his crime is six months.

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8MMG TIL there is a inflatable space habitat in earth orbit since 2006 to prove that it works
Brb5y TIL females can typically hyperextend their elbows 5–8° more than males
Oo0l4 TIL A battalion of Scottish troops who went to battle in kilts was given the nickname "The Ladies from Hell" by the German troops they fought against in World War One.
MoDW TIL the color pink used to be perceived as being very masculine, and blue as feminine. That’s why so many early Disney heroines — Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Wendy, Alice-in-Wonderland — are swathed in varying shades of azure.
bVgQ TIL that after marathoning Breaking Bad, Anthony Hopkins wrote Bryan Cranston a fan letter, saying (among other things) “Your performance as Walter White was the best acting I have seen – ever.”