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

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mxDOY TIL there are 14 Land Before Time movies spanning 28 years
LkQp0 New research suggests that the way chameleons change color is very different from what scientists had assumed. In this week’s "Today I Learned" filmmaker and National Geographic Grantee Jason Jaacks explains that the color change is controlled by nanocrystals in a top layer of the lizards' skin.
De4p TIL - Ken Jeong from the Hangover (movie) and the Community (TV) graduated high school at 16 and medical school at 24.
110d TIL Jimmy the Greek Snyder bet $10,000 at 17–1 odds on Harry Truman to defeat Thomas Dewey in the 1948 election, because Dewey had a mustache and “American women didn’t trust men with a mustache”. In today’s dollars, that bet netted him over $1.7 Million.
e0P1D TIL Dogs can laugh. Scientists in the field of gelotology (study of laughing) have been investigating since 1960 and found dogs can articulate laughter through vocalizations and body language.