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TIL that a Massachusetts man who was wrongly imprisoned for 18 years for murder, was finally freed after his high-school drop-out sister went to law school to prove his innocence. 6 months after his release, he died in a freak accident.

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LQgJd TIL a chicken fell off the stage and on top of a cellist during a performance of the opera Boris Godunov in the Sydney Opera House's Joan Sutherland Theatre in the 1980s, which used live chickens in the performance. A net was subsequently installed above the orchestra pit.
awNOM TIL several European countries classify loot boxes in video games as gambling, forcing game companies such as Blizzard, EA and Valve to release "loot box-free" versions of their games in those territories.
QJw7e TIL of William Feehan, who was the oldest first responder killed on 9/11 at the age of 71. He had served in the Fire Department of New York for more than four decades, served at every rank achievable, and reportedly knew the location of every fire hydrant in NYC.
ryKe TIL that pornhub offered a “save the boobs!” Campaign where they offered to donate a penny to the Susan B Komen Foundation for evry 30 views in the “big tit” or “small tit” category, but the foundation refused their money so pornhub tripled it and gave it to other organizations
Eg1Qo TIL A local interrupted William the Conqueror's funeral service to complain about the church stealing his land (they did), and when attendants tried to cram William's already fat and now bloated body into the tomb it popped, stinking up the church.