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TIL that the documentary The Thin Blue Line ended up getting Randall Dale Adams out of the death penalty and freed from prison after 12 years of being wrongly imprisoned. Adams recieved no compensation from the State of Texas. He went on to advocate against the death penalty.

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Va7k TIL of Max Yasgur, the man who hosted Woodstock on his dairy farm. He got threats from his neighbors, but said “if the generation gap is to be closed, we older people have to do more than we have done.” He also got angry when people were trying to sell water and provided it free of charge.
oRy4o TIL that the word "dude" was first used in the late 1800s as a term of mockery for young men who were overly concerned with keeping up with the latest fashions
l7xKA TIL 98% of passengers involved in vehicle crashes in Dubai were not wearing seat belts
w6m8 TIL all the different “colors” of tea depend on how they’re processed. They’re all from the same plant.
P1eeJ TIL that at the ancient Olympics, cheating athletes would be fined and the fines used to build bronze statues at the entrance of the Olympic stadium, each inscribed with the name of the cheater and how they cheated