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TIL in Germany you can’t be prosecuted if you help a close family member to hide the body of someone they murdered. The state regards the inseverability of family as a greater good than its own desire to prosecute crime.

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R5bgj TIL Lili’uokalani was the first and only reigning queen in Hawaii for just under 2 years before overthrown by the U.S.
0wj TIL The Rock knew about Bin Laden’s death before most people.
mxMvv TIL That the founder of Adidas and the founder of Puma were brothers. They split up to form their own companies in 1948. They had a bitter rivalry that lasted until they died. Even today, both companies have their headquarters Herzogenaurach, Germany, the small town where both brothers grew up.
ZpZJY TIL about Japan Air Lines food poisoning incident. In-flight meal contaminated with a bacteria made 195 passengers and a flight attendant sick. 144 so serious they need to be hospitalized, 30 critical. JAL Catering Manager later committed suicide over the incident. He was the only fatal victim.
Ea0W TIL that in 1980, a gambling addict who lost $750k placed a massive bomb in a Nevada casino to try and extort money. The FBI tried to defuse the bomb but failed, destroying the whole casino.