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TIL A man was shot. He died 33 years later. His death was ruled a murder as a result of the shooting.

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b9Ox7 TIL about the Banana Massacre of 1928, where the US threatened Colombia with military invasion if it didn't end the ongoing Chiquita workers' strike. The Colombian army fired on unarmed protesters, men, women, and children, killing somewhere between 800 and 3,000.
xVyb1 TIL that in Japan there are trains that bark like dogs to scare deer that come to lick the rails to get iron
gpRW TIL males receive, on average, 63% longer sentences than females for the exact same crime.
DAbv TIL IMDB is over 22 years old, and it started on USENET
9wre7 TIL these days. Today I learned the letter B comes after A