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TIL The statute of limitations for Financial Crimes is 5 years, meaning most of the banksters responsible for 2008 will never be prosecuted.

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gMWW9 TIL of "Jerome of Sandy Cove" an unknown man who washed up on the shore of Nova Scotia September 8 1863. Both his legs were amputated above the knees and he couldn't (or refused to) understand French, Latin, Italian, or Spanish. He died 49 years later and no one ever figured out where he came from.
wvOE TIL Georg Cantor, the mathematician who came up with the idea that ‘infinity has different sizes’, was rejected by most of his contemporaries for his ideas and, as a result, suffered from depression until the end of his life.
Vb6D TIL that Snoop Dogg and Cameron Diaz went to high school together and Snoop was Cameron’s weed dealer
WkOn4 TIL George Harrison's wife and son held an online contest to create the official music video for his song What is Life. This was the winner.
NXgb1 TIL Queen Sophie of the Netherlands’ marriage with King William was so turbulent that when she died, she was buried in her wedding dress because she viewed her life ended on the day she got married.