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TIL that Breaking Bad was "remade" scene for scene in Colombia. The series name is Metástasis.

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WelY TIL on the set of the ‘The Six Million Dollar Man’ TV show, while the crew was moving a neon-orange mannequin prop, one of the mannequin’s arms broke off revealing it was a human body. The body was identified as Elmer McCurdy, a criminal who had robbed a train and died in a shoot-out with police.
a89Bo TIL 37 year old Tiny Tim married a 17 year old on the Carson Show in front of 40 million viewers
LQdrv TIL Physical attractiveness in a person has an important influence on judges sentencing. The more unattractive the criminal, the higher their sentence. Results of three studies show a minimum increase of 119.25% and a maximum increase of 304.88%.
WNvL TIL a dog who lost his legs when he was attacked by a group of boys became a therapy dog for amputees
RoO6 TIL in 1791 an English ship found what is now the Chatham Islands which were inhabited by a hunter gatherer group known as the Moriori. Upon hearing of these nearby Islands, Māori from New Zealand commandeered a ship, invaded the Chatham Islands, committed genocide, and enslaved the survivors.