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TIL that since 1973, in the United States, 197 people sentenced to death have been exonerated.

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M748b TIL that there are ethnic groups in the African Congo Basin that do not have a word for and are confused by the concept of masturbation.
DWag TIL Victorian London had many reports of “Spring-heeled Jack” - a monster with claws & a cape who could spit fire & jump >9 ft in the air - accosting & frightening women into seizures & catatonic states. A group of soldiers encountered him & opened fire; he slapped one in the face & jumped away
oR1Xo TIL that the long s, written as ſ but pronounced the same way as the letter s, was used in written English until the early 19th century.
WkKvA TIL Partnership for a Drug-Free America, which used to air many PSAs through the 80s to the mid-2000s, was actually funded by alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical companies. The ads steered clear warnings about legal drugs being abused.
awBN0 TIL it's illegal in Italy, punishable with a fine, to tell a man he has "no balls"