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TIL: Man dodged a 20 year prison sentence after “underage” porn star testified on his behalf

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ADbnB TIL that roadrunners can kill and eat rattlesnakes by capturing them and smashing the snakes head against a rock until it dies.
Zp5JD TIL Alert, Canada is the northernmost continuously inhabited place on Earth and 817 km from the North Pole. The Canadian Armed Forces use Alert for its strategic importance and its potential for intercepting radio signals
b6Eg0 TIL that although forbidden by the rules, Ralph Steinman was awarded a Nobel Prize for "his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity" after his death which occurred three days earlier on September 30, 2011, the jury being unaware of his death at the time of its decision.
oRAlL TIL that the top six UK newspapers by circulation are tabloids
mxA0p TIL about the modern 300 - in 1821, during the Greek War of Independence, 120 Greek men held out against 8,000 Ottoman soldiers, causing 900 casualties against 6 of their own deaths. This bought time for the Greek army to regroup.