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TIL that in 1978, three Indiana teenagers were killed in when their Pinto was involved in a rear-end collision. Ford was indicted on three counts of reckless homicide. Indiana v. Ford was the first time a corporation faced criminal charges for a defective product and charged with murder.

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xGl1 TIL I learned of the Soldier’s Poem, an epitaph often inscribed on falled WWII soldier’s graves: “And When he gets to heaven, To Saint Peter he will tell; One more Soldier reporting, sir. I’ve served my time in Hell!”
GN71 TIL Norway has over $800 billion invested for future generations. They only invest ethically, and have excluded companies like Boeing for making nukes, Raytheon for making cluster bombs, and Wal-Mart for human rights violations. The investments may be worth as much as $3.3 trillion by 2030.
0wEZL TIL that the guillotine had numerous nicknames. Some of these nicknames include "The National Razor", "Charlot's Rocking Chair," and "The Goncourt Prize for Murderers".
wLBRo TIL that Santa Fe, New Mexico is the oldest capital city in North America, founded (1607) over a decade before the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock (1620).
LkwOr TIL about the self-mummification practice of "sokushinjōbutsu" meaning "attaining Buddhahood in the flesh". The monks performed extreme "tree-eating", cold-water ablutions, exposure to freezing temperatures, etc. to become a Buddha in the flesh. This would result in mummification after 10 years.