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TIL the Largest Producer Of Child Pornography Ever Prosecuted In Minnesota, Anton Martynenko Sentenced To 38 Years In Prison

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OG6vL TIL JT LeRoy wrote two novels on his tragic childhood, dubbing him a genius of his generation, sparking a race for their film rights. He was friends with celebs like Madonna & Winona Ryder, talking to them for hours over the phone. It turns out JT Leroy didn’t exist and was in fact entirely made up.
09M5 TIL The FBI will never interrogate you if the conversation is being recorded. (never talk to the FBI without a lawyer)
gMOEL TIL: As part of her sentence for abandoning 35 kittens in the woods, an Ohio woman was ordered to spend a night alone in the woods without water, food, or entertainment.
jN44E TIL the first US-built tanks were too late for use in WWI but during the great depression the US army deployed six to disperse the BONUS army protest of WWI veterans
OGee7 TIL Luke Skywalker’s surname was originally “Starkiller” when Star Wars began filming. Hamill used this name in one scene but his mouth was obscured by a stormtrooper helmet and it was later dubbed over. Lucas changed the name because of “unpleasant connotations” with Charles Manson.