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TIL that car window "escape tools" won't work on many modern car windows

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mx4WY TIL during the Middle Ages, wild wolves lived in forests near Paris. During the harsh winter of 1450, a pack of hungry wolves managed to enter to city and ate 40 people.
PYg4w TIL Joe Arridy, a mentally disabled man, was executed for a murder he didn’t commit. Unable to comprehend his fate, he laughed & smiled as he entered the gas chamber. “No, no, Joe won’t die” he said to the warden.
E1RdW TIL that the company responsible for the worst mine disaster in the UK, killing 440 in an explosion, was fined just £10
78B9O TIL: In the 1971 Supreme Court case O'Hair v. Paine, American Atheists challenged open readings from the Bible by U.S. astronauts in space. The case was dismissed because space is outside the court's jurisdiction.
GGNg TIL that in the US, people under 18 can legally smoke cigarettes. However, they cannot purchase them.