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TIL 70%-90% of detainees at the Abu Ghraib detention facility were mistakenly imprisoned

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l7eYK TIL there was a man who smashed a door of a cupcake store, sat there for 15 Minutes, cleaned up the mess he had done, stole 6 Cupcakes and left. After being recognized, he profusely apologized and the store owner didn’t press charges but rather made a signature cupcake of him.
ZpKXv TIL The “Texas Triangle”— composed of the Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio and Austin metro areas — holds 68% of the state’s 30.3 million residents
kJZbg TIL in 2021, Lady Gaga's dogs were stolen in a violent robbery. Jennifer McBride got the dogs from the thieves and returned them, hoping for Gaga's $500,000 reward. A judge ruled she can't claim it, as handling stolen property is a crime. McBride's role in the crime barred her from profiting.
ZpKeY TIL total solar eclipses happen only once every four hundred years, and the next one is on 4/8!
WoaX TIL babies exposed to sign language babble using their hands the same way other babies do with their mouths