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TIL In 1987, genetic fingerprinting (DNA profiling) was used in a US criminal court for the first time. The convicted criminal served twenty-two years in prison.

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bdEE TIL that in the TV series Colombo the title character never revealed his first name. Many sources list it as Philip however that is wrong and stems from a fictitious entry in a trivia book, designed as a copyright trap
N7W11 TIL the opening crawl to Star Wars begins with a storybook-esque narration ("A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away....") because George Lucas first imagined his films as stories being told by an ancient race of immortals. The immortals were written out for early films, but this vestige remained.
jNB0E TIL three NASA astronauts once staged a "mutiny" in space during Apollo 7 by turning off radio communications for several hours in protest over working conditions. They were never allowed in space again.
m1dVp TIL that horizontal collaboration—French women sleeping with German occupiers—was a major contributor to young men joining the French Resistance
5Y17k TIL OJ Simpson has paid less than 1% of the $33.5 million civil judgment against him for the wrongful death of Ron Goldman