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TIL that in the state of New Hampshire, defense attorneys are legally entitled to inform juries of their right to return a not guilty verdict even when they believe a defendant is guilty, otherwise known as Jury Nullification

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9wNNX TIL about the first black NYPD officer Sam Battle, who rose through the ranks to be a Sergeant then Lieutenant then Parole Commissioner despite institutional racism and even death threats, and also held the record of the largest baby born in North Carolina...at 16 pounds.
7vWb TIL in 2002 Sony released a “copy-proof” CD to combat music piracy. Hackers immediately circumvented this design by scribbling on the rim of the CDs with a Sharpie.
lJZa TIL a pair of twins, June and Jennifer, spoke in a cryptic language only to each other for 30 years. After 14 years in a mental hospital, one of the twins was found dead, with no apparent cause. The living twin finally spoke: “I’m free at last, liberated, and Jennifer has given up her life for me.”
vPbA8 TIL The 1984 UK parliamentary by election in Chesterfield was contested by 17 parties as diverse as the acne party, the Elvisly yours party, the I am not a number party, the Welshman party, the monster raving looney party and the reclassify the Sun newspaper as a comic party.
aw4b9 TIL that, although many celebrities are suspected to have Autism Spectrum Disorder, Dan Ackroyd, Daryl Hannah, and Satoshi Tajiri have openly confirmed that they are on the spectrum and have autism.