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TIL current Miss America, Kira Kazantsev, was expelled from her sorority, Alpha Phi, for cruel hazing.

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XEGnE TIL: (US) The purpose of giving a convict multiple sentences to be run concurrently is that they have to appeal each sentence separately. If they are exonerated of 1 out of 3 life sentences, they will still serve the other 2 life sentences.
bYDQ TIL that in 2006, a man escaped from a US federal prison by mailing himself out
kJ4wE TIL the "metals of antiquity" are gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, iron, and mercury.
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