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TIL of the world's shortest driveable highway, at 1,073 metres in length.

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p85OG TIL A guy known as the coughing major, won $1 million dollars on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire by having people he knows in the audience cough at the right answers as they were being said by the host. He eventually got caught as show producers reviewed footage and found out he was cheating.
grl64 TIL 850,000 people were tried in court for taking part in the Rwandan genocide, the last case ended in 2012
awEOL TIL about the Mandaeans, and ethno-religious group native to southern Mesopotamia. They were likely the first to practice baptism, and are the only surviving Gnostics from antiquity.
r7ew TIL of a man who was sentenced to 20 hours of Beethoven after being caught for playing rap music too loud, as an alternative to a full fine. He only lasted 15 minutes before leaving.
vwRK TIL The word “Beetlejuice” was said once in each of the first 3 seasons of Community, and on the third time, they had someone dressed as Beetlejuice walk through the background