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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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yB4e TIL The last women accused of witchcraft in Salem, MA were finally proclaimed innocent in 2001.
M7QLm TIL the US didn’t have the $15m to pay France for Louisiana, so they financed it through a banks in London. Napoleon had made the deal with the US to fund his war against Great Britain and Europe. Britain allowed this deal to go through only because they didn’t want France to have their NA territory
4PnX TIL that the Credit Card industry refers to people who pay their credit card bills off every month as “deadbeats”
9GdM TIL that 40% of the genetic information found in our GI Tract doesn’t fit anything ever classified before. Biologists call it “Biological Dark Matter”.
XEYEj TIL that sliced bread was banned in 1943 to save money and help the economy during World War II