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TIL a football player went to prison for five years on a phony rape charge. Upon his release she approached him saying “‘I will go through with helping you but it’s like at the same time all that money they gave [me] I don’t want to have to pay it back”

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wQoM TIL that raising your fruits & vegetables consumption leads not just to a healthier, but a happier life, equivalent to what people experience as they move from an unemployed status to employment
Vy94 TIL a concert grand piano has to resist 30 tons of pressure being put on it by the tensioned piano wires
91or TIL the difference between Eau de Parfum, Eau de Toilette and Cologne, is that Eau de Parfumhas approximately 15% essential oils, Eau de Toilette 10% and Cologne 5%.
NWZ8 TIL Queen Elizabeth (an experienced Army driver during WWII) once took King Abdullah for a drive in her Land Rover. As she accelerated through narrow Scottish roads while talking the King was so nervous that he implored the Queen to slow down and concentrate on the road ahead.
R7g09 TIL that the worst building collapse in history killed 1100 in 2013. The building owner had bribed many official and investigators to conceal the many irregularities during construction. In the resulting trial, the owner was given just six months bail.