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TIL that a billionaire heir to the SC Johnson fortune received only 4 months in prison for repeatedly sexually assaulting his 12 year old stepdaughter

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VBKGB TIL about the self-propelled barge T-36, which drifted 49 days across the North Pacific Ocean in 1960 after being disabled, with all sailors on board surviving the journey by rationing three days' supply of food. Returning to the Soviet Union, the crew had popularity close to that of cosmonauts.
dDWME TIL That it would require a minimum of 500 people to re-populate the earth.
mxd9p TIL; the name for wanting to choke someone out for chewing loudly or breathing loudly is called "misophonia" and that it is traced to actual difference in brain processes.
8aD0L TIL The length of the Great Wall of China is more than half the circumference of the Earth
X09mE TIL that Sichuan peppercorns aren't peppers at all. Rather, they're the dried berries of the prickly ash tree, which is a member of the citrus family.