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TIL a substitute teacher in Ohio was convicted of four felony counts and sentenced to 90 days in jail along with 3 years of probation, for showing a high school Spanish class the 2012 horror film “The ABCs of Death”.

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Oxj4 TIL: “One man actually succeeded in reinventing the wheel. John Keogh … submitted a patent application for a ‘circular transportation facilitation device’ in May 2001, shortly after a new patent system was introduced in Australia. His 'wheel’ was issued a patent.”
kewd TIL the NFL is classified as a ‘Not-For-Profit’ organization for tax purposes
E1WWo TIL about Milan's Vertical forest residencial towers
GY1rE TIL that the Retail Credit Company’s public image took such a beating after a series of congressional testimonies that they changed their name. Today, they are known as Equifax
KEyR TIL that the flags of Haiti and Lichtenstein were identical by coincidence. The similarity wasn’t discovered until the two nations competed against each other in the 1936 Olympics.