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TIL David Eckert sued his local police force for $1.6 million after being forced to undergo “multiple digital penetrations and 3 enemas” on an invalad warrant and without finding the drugs they were looking for.

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wepP TIL that up to 45 million Chinese were killed in the Chinese government’s “Great Leap Forward”. Punishment for stealing a potato would be death by drowning, and parents were forced to bury their children alive or be drowned in urine. This makes the Great Leap Forward the largest 20th century murder.
omKK TIL - gorillas can learn more than 1000 words and may be smarter than 15% to 20% of humans based on standardized IQ tests
BEax TIL the album Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd was in the Billboard Top 200 for a record of 736 weeks since its debut in 1973.
AL6g TIL that using astronomical data it has been determined that on this day, 16 Apr, Odysseus finally returned to Ithaca 3,192 years ago
GAVRg TIL Menthol cough drops may cause rebound coughing