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TIL An innocent man spent 19 years in jail until they found his doppelganger living in the same town with the same first name

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g608 TIL that a German politician was forced to resign after publicly pouring champagne over a homeless man’s head
neDJb TIL that there's a rare blood group called P-null. It is based on the presence of any of three substances known as the P, P1, and Pk antigens on the surfaces of red blood cells.
PvQO TIL I learned that Bob Marley once said “The people who are trying to make this world worse aren’t taking a day off. How can I?” after armed gunmen attacked his home two days before giving a free concert called “Smile Jamaica”
DYyj TIL: There is a 3.4 km long tunnel under Germany build only to test lasers.
AnLd TIL that in 1934, Georgia Tech’s football team refused to play against Michigan if a black player named Willis Ward took the field. One of Ward’s friends and fellow players was then-future president Gerald Ford, who threatened to quit if Ward was benched.