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TIL that in 1670, against a judge's instructions, a jury refused to find two men guilty. The judge held the jury in contempt; locked them up overnight without food, water or heat; and fined them. On appeal, the Chief Justice ruled that a jury could not be punished for returning the wrong verdict.

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awaYZ TIL that loons, of which there are five species, are the closest living relatives of penguins in the northern hemisphere. Unlike most other bird species that have hollow bones, loons and penguins have solid bones which decrease their buoyancy and allow them to dive deep in search of food.
MbBV TIL Bullying, child abuse, and stress causes children to age faster at a cellular level and leads to physical and mental health problems even decades later, including an earlier death.
wL7B6 TIL that when a Doctor is confirming that a pregnant woman’s water has broken they will conduct a “Fern Test”. Under a microscope the amniotic fluid will resemble a beautiful pattern resembling a fern.
4kMrX TIL: Combination weapons such as a Gun-Axe, Mace-Pistol, or Pistol-Falchion were real and date back hundreds of years. In the 1500s -1800s since guns only fired one shot, they attached them to various weapons such as the German Axe-Pistol. In some cases they attached a gun to a shield.
GA9bj TIL Glur's Tavern, founded in 1876 in Nebraska, is the oldest continuously operated tavern west of the Mississippi river. Frequented by Buffalo Bill, allegedly he once paid his tab with a $1,000 bill!