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TIL a man who spent 11 years in federal prison for robbing banks became well-known as a jailhouse lawyer. While in prison, he started spending time in the law library and became an accomplished United States Supreme Court practitioner by the time he left in 2008.

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nYNW TIL the Soviet Union named a crater on Venus after Christa McAuliffe, the teacher astronaut who died during the Challenger space shuttle disaster.
ANDN4 TIL that a man coughed up a 6-inch blood clot in the shape of a bronchial tree
oBWM7 TIL That France had a king that only ruled for 5 days because that was his entire lifespan. He has the shortest reign of any French king and the only one to have become one upon birth
Br6ab TIL a DC restaurateur received constant harassing phone calls for years, where a child's voice would threaten his family & friends' lives. His employee's son was attacked by random men & his home vandalized w/ threats. The FBI traced the calls to random phone booths all over DC
e0LOJ TIL Tiffany Haddish’s mother Leola suffered severe brain damage in a car accident that Tiffany’s stepfather caused. He had tampered with the brakes on her mother's car, intending the wreck to kill Haddish, her siblings, and her mother so he could collect on their life insurance policies.