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TIL that Tsunamis in non seabound lakes exist

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a8dYb TIL Hockey pucks were once square
vPmdj TIL that Ernesto Miranda, the man whose case led to the famous Miranda Rights, was convicted in a second trial for his crimes that excluded the now-illegal evidence. He was paroled after five years, and fatally stabbed four years later. His killer fled to Mexico and has never been found.
D1ylg TIL Carolina Panthers owner / hedgefund billionaire David Tepper spent $43.5 million to buy his former boss's mansion just so he could raze it and build a bigger one in its place
VMKQD TIL that Freddie Figgers, who was abandoned in a dumpster as a baby, became very familiar with computers and electronics at a young age and now owns his own company (worth 62 million USD) that sells wireless glucose meters for diabetics
PBw TIL that everyone in LBJ’s immediate family had the initials, “LBJ”… Including his dog, Little Beagle Johnson.