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TIL Piers Morgan forged evidence on the Iraqi torture scandal, which he never apologized for, and ended up getting fired from the Mirror which led him to join CNN

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7PvL TIL That Portobello Mushrooms are the same as white mushrooms, they’re just left to grow for longer
VO4 TIL there is a Canadian street gang called the United Nations that encourages ethnic diversity
AN74B TIL that the UK has an invasive population of wallabies in the wild.
0wewN TIL so-called "Son of Sam" laws are designed so that criminals are unable to take advantage of the notoriety of their crimes. Such laws often authorize the state to seize money earned from deals such as book/movie biographies and paid interviews and use it to compensate the criminal's victims.
56Bk TIL During WWII German General Hans Speidel ignored Hitler’s order to bombard Paris before being arrested for a plot to assassinate Hitler. 12 years later he was appointed the Supreme Commander of NATO and given headquarters at the Palace of Fontainebleau in Paris.