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TIL that Harvard College is suspected of grade inflation. The median grade is an A-, and the most frequently awarded mark is an A.

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ne5bb TIL that the president of Taiwan is an unmarried, childless woman whose cats featured prominently in her campaign. She is one of the 1st women elected to lead an Asian state without coming from a political dynasty, and to govern a Chinese-speaking nation since Empress Wu Zetian in the 8th century.
LkOOP TIL The day after John Lennon was murdered David Bowie was appearing in the play The Elephant Man. Chapman had a front-row ticket to play that night. John and Yoko were supposed to sit front for that show too. So the night after John was killed there were three empty seats in the front row.
wL9oo TIL Around 1300 people died in a crowd stampede during the 1896 coronation of Nicholas II when it was heard that a limited number of coronation gifts were being distributed.
144D TIL Ernesto Miranda, well known for the Supreme Court case establishing “Miranda Rights”, was stabbed to death 10 years later by a man who exercised those rights and was never charged with the murder.
GAoY4 TIL that Mary Celeste, the infamous ghost ship, was later sunk by its new owner in an insurance fraud attempt.