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TIL the author of the opinion in US v. The Amistad, Justice Joseph Story, was played by retired Justice Harry Blackmun in the movie "Amistad"

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epZd5 TIL that there has been at least one university hazing death each year from 1969 to 2021. Over 200 university hazing deaths have occurred since 1838, with 40 deaths between 2007 and 2017 alone. Alcohol poisoning is the biggest cause of death.
OEa4 TIL that the world’s longest TV commercial was an Arby’s ad that aired on a local Minnesota TV station and showed the entire smoking process of a beef brisket. Duration: over 13 hours.
Y7BrW TIL about the “Crypt of Civilization”, a 2000-Cubic-Foot time capsule, sealed in 1940. It is set to be opened 6,173 years from its sealing, in the year 8113.
DQemg TIL Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans), famous for the early 60's song and dance craze "The Twist", got his stage name from Dick Clark's wife as play on the name of another popular musician at the time Fats Domino.
9w0Vm TIL about Louis van Schoor, the South African 'Apartheid Killer' and former policeman convicted of multiple murders in the 1980s who claimed he was targeting criminals.