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TIL Of the police beating of Robert Leone, an innocent man arrested and tortured for 2 ½ years. The officers are still free, Robert is still in prison.

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kXEe TIL that Andorra declared war on Germany during WW1, but didn’t send any soldiers because they didn’t have an army. At the Treaty of Versailles, Andorra was forgotten and technically remained at war with Germany, until the two countries declared peace in 1958.
p8WjZ TIL that Mountain Dew’s original tag line was “Ya-hoo, Mountain Dew! It’ll tickle yore innards!”
976X TIL Plastic dishes can’t absorb enough heat to evaporate water, which is why the dishwasher dry cycle doesn’t work on them
woXno TIL Jeepers Creepers (2001) is based on an episode of Unsolved Mysteries (S3E20 - 1991)
MebDV TIL the US Simulated a Bioweapons Attack in Operation Dark Winter, and it Did Not Go Well