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5YmNP TIL of Steven Phillips, a man who spent 24 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. When he was released in 2008, he received $6 million in compensation. Then, his ex-wife, who divorced him while he was in prison, sued to get part of the compensation. She did not receive a penny.
O4ng TIL that Dr. Robert Liston, a Victorian doctor in the pre-anaesthetic days, could perform a leg amputation in under 30 seconds.
nexW TIL the drug Scopolamine, aka “The Devil’s Breath,” is a substance so intense that it renders a person incapable of exercising free will.
QevX TIL Van Halen’s “no brown M&Ms” clause was to check that venues had adhered to the safety standards in the contract. If there were brown M&Ms, it was a tell tale sign they had not.
J1A98 TIL that there was an official national anthem of Qing China