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TIL calling a policeman an “antfucker” is not sufficiently insulting for prosecution, Dutch high court decides.

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jr9p TIL the all time biggest winner in the history of Jeopardy is a college drop out.
4XwPN TIL that in 1990, a man named Iben Browning predicted a massive earthquake would hit New Madrid, Missouri on December 3rd. The prediction sparked a panic. Schools in 5 states closed, and over 200 media outlets sent reporters to the area. Browning had no seismology expertise, and nothing happened.
Brxwx TIL that the Pasta Napoletana at the Cheesecake Factory contains over 2,300 calories. It would take 3 hrs of non stop running at 8 mph to burn it off.
N5EE TIL that a US Air Force Veteran, posing as a Guantanamo Bay inmate for a training routine, was beaten to the point of serious brain injury by guards.
JYrK8 TIL Alexandre Dumas was only one-fourth black, from his paternal grandmother. His other three grandparents were white.