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TIL the guy who called fast food restaurants causing managers to strip search young female employees for 10 years was acquitted at trial

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7r4DL TIL about Blackstone's ratio, the idea that, "It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer." Blackstone's principle influenced the nineteenth-century development of "beyond a reasonable doubt" as the burden of proof in criminal law.
5Vybp TIL that a US developer who outsourced his job to China for a fifth of his salary was repeatedly named as star employee before getting caught.
l7YB7 TIL: humans in northeast part of India have been "growing" bridges for centuries, by manipulating the living roots of certain trees
0d6GL TIL if young alpacas see humans as part of their own herd, they will sniff at your crotch areas or feet, pull shoelaces, rub up against you, or lie down and roll over on your feet like a dog to establish dominance.Very young males mount their mothers while they are seated in imitation of adult males
ZbVD TIL Alone on Mars, the Curiosity Rover sings itself Happy Birthday every year on August 5th.