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TIL the CIA tried bribing the Singaporean Prime minister and he responded by leaking it to the press

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4Pw TIL due to the long exposure limitations of Victorian photography, the mothers of children getting a portrait done would be camouflaged into the scenery.
781Lx TIL- the world’s smallest park is 452 square inches, in Portland, Oregon.
v1jbL TIL that a man --Dharampal Singh, was stoned to death by monkeys in India. The animals had collected bricks from a dilapidated building nearby and reportedly pelted him with the bricks from a tree. His family lodged a formal complaint about the incident at Doghat police station in Uttar Pradesh.
dY6j TIL That the story of Jesus, born of a virgin, of royal descent, child teacher, 12 disciples, etc. was not novel at the origins of Christianity and has been a recurring theme in many religious mythologies.
15yr TIL in 2009 the US Supreme Court ruled that following conviction, inmates had no constitutional right to obtain access to a State’s evidence for the purpose of exonerating themselves through DNA testing.