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TIL: Callery Pear tree flowers smell like semen

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e0eW5 TIL more than 1 in 4 people wrongfully convicted but later exonerated by DNA evidence had made false confessions; researchers say they occur as a result of police using force, threat, exhaustion, hunger, lies, and intimidation during interrogations.
OWL4 TIL Major Harold Hering was discharged from the Air Force in late 1973 for asking the question “How can I know that an order I receive to launch my (nuclear) missiles came from a sane president?” under Richard Nixon.
bA1p TIL Since 2014, owning a dog in Iran is illegal. If caught owning a dog, violators are subject to 74 lashes
Yp0Nx TIL George Foreman was originally paid 40% of the profits for endorsing the George Foreman Grill. At the peak of the grill’s sales, he was making 4.5 million dollars a month.
njaY TIL that King Faisal of Saudi Arabia abolished slavery and freed 1,682 slaves…in 1962.