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TIL Einstein cheated on his first wife and believed "most men are not monogamously endowed"

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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.
16A8r TIL that Kruger National Park had a coalition of 6 Sibling Male Lions that conquered a territory of almost 170,000 acres (7 times larger than Manhattan). They killed more than 40 lions and cubs in around a year. The coalition lasted for around 16 years.
kO9WE TIL, in the 1st century, the first vending machine was created. It lowered the product by using the weight of a coin. What did it sell? that’s right, vials of holy water.
j6j0N TIL that the majority of the missing kids featured in Soul Asylum’s “Runaway Train” video on MTV were located thanks to the video, which was then updated with photos of new missing children as the original ones were found.
dkRd TIL Wuppertal Germany is home to the world’s oldest operating monorail system, established in 1901. It is still in daily use and has only suffered one fatal accident in over 110 years of service.