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TIL a 16 year old boy was jailed at Rikers for three years without a trial or conviction.

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KgZa TIL “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” is about Shaka The Lion, a warrior king of the Zulus who resisted the armies of European colonizers. The song claims that he is not dead, only sleeping, and he will one day return to lead his oppressed people to freedom.
PYJJL TIL that in 5 US states the gas chamber is still a legal way of execution
oQDo TIL the founder and the original leader of the Rolling Stones got kicked out of the band and then died less than a month later
nWNxY TIL there was a satirical magazine in Nazi Germany known as "Die Brennessel" (Stinging Nettle) which used humor to promote Nazism and antisemitism. Originally the best-selling satirical magazine in the country, it folded in 1938 after failing to entertain it's readers.
XE7jQ TIL Japan does not inform inmates of their execution date, instead notifying them about an hour before