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TIL after the ‘feel-good’ story about the success of an ex-Convict turning his life around appeared on the Syracuse.com news site, the car dealership with whom he was employed immediately fired him.

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4Vwb TIL that judges in Britain are ordered to treat female criminals less harshly than male criminals
pDMG TIL: In the James Bond film/novel, ‘Casino Royale’, the name Vesper Lynd is a pun on “West Berlin”, signifying divided loyalties.
0wOWR TIL there are around 35,000 archaeological sites in Israel, a country the size of New Jersey
R7dPQ TIL that the Argentine Government once went through a series of 5 presidents in less than a fortnight.
P14AZ TIL that elephants in Kenya's Kitum Cave venture into the dark to mine salt by breaking off rocks, adapting to their mineral-poor environment.