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TIL more than 50 percent of people get away with murder.

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M7rWa TIL that during the Muhammad Ali vs Henry Cooper first fight, it has been alleged that Ali’s trainer Angelo Dundee used smelling salts to revive a knocked down Ali. This was against British boxing rules, and would have seen Ali disqualified if caught.
KOPKQ TIL Joseph Strauss, the engineer of the golden Gate Bridge, mandated that a net be installed under the bridge for safety while being built. This was revolutionary at the time. The net caught 19 men who fell, saving all of them from a certain death.
4XQ6b TIL that US president Calvin "Silent Cal" Coolidge used to buzz for his secret service and then would hide under his desk while they frantically searched for him
YK8v TIL that James Blunt sings the first line “My life is brilliant” of You’re Beautiful twice in the beginning of the song because he mistimed it. It was left in the final recordings.
Yp0Jx TIL that the U.S. state of Washington has a law prohibiting the state from preparing for a nuclear war