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TIL Futurama's Jurassic Bark Episode Is Based On a True Story

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6EypJ TIL about Ben Ferencz (100), the last living prosecutor from the Nuremberg Trials. After WW2 where he fought at D-Day and in other battles, he at age 27 became Chief Prosecutor at the Einsatzgruppen Trial - which was his first case and first time in a courtroom. All of the 22 accused were convicted.
gr8PA TIL that there was a niche of traditional Japanese art that consisted of a series of paintings showing the decomposition of a human body — and it was made for contemplation
JYYek TIL that a bunch of Malaysia student wrongly read an English examination essay question, in which the parents blame the government for confusing the students.
AX8o TIL police in more than half of U.S. states collect a DNA sample from people arrested and not yet even convicted. Check to see if your state is one of them.
4XmpJ TIL In 2012 a staute of Jesus in India started to drip water mysteriously from its toes. Locale worshippers[Hindu+Muslim+Christian] started to collect that water and some even drank it. The source of water was later found to be a faulty sewage system.