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TIL Jeopardy! Contestants stand on adjustable platforms so that they all appear to be the same height on camera.

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9wBoM TIL the first female US senator was also the last slave-owning US senator
mEvp TIL Finland is the strictest country in the world in terms of driving lessons. There are lessons required regarding car maintenance and driving in icy conditions, with learners requiring a test in the summer and another one in the winter.
OGAwe TIL of Bruno Lüdke, a mentally disabled man who was made to confess dozens of murders and framed as serial killer by the Nazis who ultimately killed him in medical experiments
kOxvE TIL of pocket parks, mini-sized parks with room enough for one swing, that neighborhoods build in order to banish registered sex offenders who are not allowed to live within 2000 ft of them.
xk65 TIL Pepsi ran an advertisement promising a Harrier jet to anyone who collected 7,000,000 Pepsi Points, a gag that backfired when a participant attempted to take advantage of the ability to buy additional points for 10 cents each to claim a jet for $700,000.