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TIL a woman was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for randomly shoving an 87 year old woman down in NYC who turned out to be a broadway singing coach

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RrQ1 TIL that under New Zealand law, the crime of rape applies only to men
AD14a TIL Mother ducks may abandon ducklings if they are physically stuck in an area or are not prospering due to genetic defects or sickness brought about by hypothermia, starvation, or disease.
4wXa TIL that after the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 only the reactor No. 4 was nonoperational. The other 3 reactors continued to operate. Only in 2000 the last one was shut down.
GYxNJ TIL that the Soviets won the battle of Stalingrad by breaching Nazi flanks and attacking the Stalingrad from behind. The name of this operation? Operation Uranus.
jNmPp TIL the Palace of the Parliament in Romania is the heaviest building in the world. Started in 1984, it is still unfinished, with only 400 of 1100 rooms in use. The lowest of 8 basements is a nuclear bunker linked to 20 kilometers of tunnels. It has 480 chandeliers & a million cubic meters of marble.