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TIL More than 55% of the Dutch people live outside of the Netherlands.

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5VLQB TIL in 2001 army major Charles Ingram cheated his way to £1,000,000 on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire by having a fellow contestant cough every time he read the right answer. For one question the coughing came from Ingram's wife. All three were convicted of fraud.
Y8ar TIL when trees evolved, it took 60 mil. years for fungi to evolve the ability to break down lignin. Trees fell over and didn’t decompose, storing vast amounts of carbon, resulting in an oxygen-rich atmosphere that favored enormous insects; burning in massive fires; and producing our stores of coal.
6EMAl TIL In 1977 Tony Kiritsis held Richard Hall hostage for 63 hours before surrendering, Kiritsis was found not guilty by reason of insanity. At the time of the trial, Indiana law required the prosecution to prove the defendant sane, the law has subsequently changed so defense has to prove insanity.
KOW6J TIL in 2010, Iran banned mullets, adding it to a list of hairstyles it deemed "decadent Western cuts" and "un-Islamic."
NpP8 TIL that a woman tried to sue the makers of Cap'n Crunch because Crunchberries are not real fruit.