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TIL a man named Curtis Flowers has been tried six times for the same crime and is currently sat on death row awaiting a US Supreme Court ruling on whether or not there was racial bias in jury selection

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Ypw0W TIL all Domestic cats are same species (Felis catus) and similarly all dogs/domestic dogs are same species (Canis familiaris)
Zp7K4 TIL that Cluster headaches - a disorder with no known cause that affects roughly 0.05% of people per year and causes headaches regarded as the most severe pain known to medicine - received less than $2 million in research funding from the US National Institutes of Health between 1998-2013.
keMm [TIL] A Houston Texas man killed himself whilst playing Russian Roulette with a semi-automatic weapon. He did not realize that this type of weapon automatically chambered a round when the gun is cocked. He later won a Posthumous Darwin Award
GAAj5 TIL that an estimated 13-19% of all Sequoias more than 4ft in diameter were destroyed in wildfires since the 2020 fire season
5YAJ9 TIL construction of the Sydney Opera House was completed ten years late and 1,357 per cent over budget. Amid worsening relations with the government, the architect quit before its completion and his name was never mentioned at the opening ceremony.