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TIL: The detectives, Thomas Thowsen and James LaRochelle faked a confession leading to a women's wrongful imprisonment for over 20 years.

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Bx6L TIL there is a waterfall known as “The Devil’s Kettle” where the water vanishes in a pothole, people have thrown dyes, logs and other things into it and have been unable to find where it goes.
WkP69 TIL in 2018 BBC4 Gave an App to 18,000 people in the UK to simulate how a pandemic flu would spread. The results were scary accurate, and promptly ignored.
EK5o TIL that Miyamoto Musashi, a Japanese rōnin born in the Tenshō era, had such faith in his own swordsmanship that he used a wooden sword regardless of the foe’s weapon. Additionally, Miyamoto killed an opponent with a sword that legend says he carved from an oar.
69rlY TIL Einstein’s famous tongue-out photo was taken on his 72nd birthday, after a long day of smiling for photographers, when he was tired of posing, so he stuck out his tongue instead.
p8j6Z TIL what DARVO means. It stands for Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender. It is a common reaction for abusers and perpetrators trying to flip the script on their victims in order to avoid accountability for their actions.