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TIL in 2010 NY Governor David Paterson pardoned a black man for shooting an unarmed white teen to death after only serving 5 months of his sentence

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NXxJ6 TIL In “The Silence of the Lambs” (1991), the skull on the movie poster is actually made of naked women – Salvador Dali’s “In Voluptas Mors.”
78wOZ TIL about the Council of Constance (1414-1418), that resolved the Western Schism within the Catholic Church. It arranged the renunciation of both Roman pope Gregory XII and Pisan antipope John XXIII. The Avignon antipope Benedict XIII was excommunicated, while pope Martin V was elected
QJGBk TIL about the Yao tribe who calls for a specific bird species to find them bees nests, after which the tribe takes the honey and leaves the wax for the birds in a rare case of human mutualism with wild animals.
vPXJ8 TIL Sudan has more pyramids than Egypt. After being destroyed and looted, the ones left are at risk of disappearing due to shifting desert sands. Theres a multi-billion dollar project to plant a line of trees across the entire African continent to create ground stability and stop the desert spread.
d8YL7 TIL that oranges can spray fire. This happens because inside the peel is a oil called D-limonene. You can use this to help light fire pit or even show of some tricks like a bartender.