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TIL a German student was sued for $3,772 by his alma mater for earning his bachelor's and master's "too fast". Both degrees usually take 11 semesters, but Marcel Pohl graduated in 2; he went to one class while having 2 friends share notes from other classes he was enrolled in at the same time.

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yQEww TIL China has the highest execution rate in the world, estimated to be in the thousands in 2019. Precise numbers are a "state secret".
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