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TIL In Tennessee Lab Technicians get paid $250 if the results of the blood they test leads to a DUI conviction

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yVPDJ TIL: A fatal plane crash occurred in 1994 due to the presence of children in the cockpit. The relief captains children accidentally disengaged autopilot whilst pretending to fly the plane, which was not noticed soon enough. Subsequent attempts at control failed, resulting in the death of 75 people
6E5NY TIL In 1982, a lady by the name of Deborah Mathers sued Dort Elementary School because her 9-year-old son Marshall was bullied and beaten so severely that he suffered several injuries, including a cerebral concussion, repetitive loss of vision and hearing, and other such ailments.
N7GL1 TIL that the cause of death of famous Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe is believed to be from a bladder infection after politeness kept him from excusing himself to use the bathroom during a royal banquet in October 1601, causing his bladder to rupture.He died 11 days later.
kOAVB TIL that rapper Coolio's cameo in Batman & Robin was an Easter Egg setting up a fifth movie in the series. Coolio is uncredited as playing Dr. Jonathan Crane aka The Scarcrow who would've been the main villain in Batman Unchained.
7rpMx TIL Jurors at a double-murder trial in 1994 used an Ouija board to contact the victims spirits - who told them the man was guilty. The conviction was later quashed for a re-trial.