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TIL Pinball was was illegal until a high stakes game was played in court to prove it was a game of skill

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E1L5V TIL about the West Memphis Three, 3 teens convicted of the brutal murder of three 8 year old boys in West Memphis, Arkansas in 1993. Damien Echols was sent to death row. On August 19, 2011, Echols, Baldwin and Misskelley were released from prison as part of a Alford plea deal.
P1ekE TIL Jessica Fletcher's sleuthing landed the fictional author a Guinness World Record title. She holds a Guinness World Record for being the most prolific amateur sleuth
r1Qy TIL a Russian woman in the 1700’s gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets and 4 sets of quadruplets in just 40 years with the same man.
oR9Z7 TIL Macaulay Culkin held an internet poll asking what he should legally change his middle name to, and the winner was “Macaulay Culkin”, so he legally changed his name and it’s been Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin ever since.
oBM1Y TIL that drawer underneath your oven actually designed to keep food warm after cooking.