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TIL that Philipe Val the editor of “Charlie Hebdo”, the french weekly that is running the caricature of Mohamed and has countless time provoked muslim, found a cartoon linking jew to money and power offensive and told its author to apologise. When he refused he was fired for being an “antisemite”.

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xVaQ5 TIL that eyewitness misidentification is the greatest contributing factor to wrongful convictions proven by DNA testing, playing a role in more than 70% of convictions overturned through DNA testing nationwide.
pY71Q TIL that eight mussels with sensors glued to their shells are used to evaluate water quality in the city of Poznań, Poland. If the water becomes polluted, they mussles close their shells. If four mussels close simultaneously, the system shuts down automatically.
Ad8B TIL that the 1800 election for the US President was an exact tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, so the vote went to the House of Representatives. The House voted 35 times, all of them ties, until Jefferson won on the 36th vote.
mRAR TIL that so many people died by ringing church bells in storms, due to the belief that it would disperse thunder, that the practice was banned by the Parlement of Paris
6DRJ TIL Scientists have recently discovered repeating radio signals coming from a mysterious source well beyond the Milky Way. While one-off fast radio bursts (FRBs) have been detected in the past, this is the first time multiple signals have been detected coming from the same place in space.