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TIL The costliest trial in US history was the McMartin Preschool Trial, a case of satanic abuse hysteria. The investigator’s bias resulted in children recalling stories of witches flying, travelling in hot-air balloons, being flushed down the toilet, and having been assaulted by Chuck Norris.

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5VGMp TIL in 2015, a 70 year old man in China spent 57 days in the hospital after a panda arrived at his farm and attacked him.
d5ZB TIL the Japanese have a word (tsundoku [積ん読]) for the habit of buying a lot of books and never reading them.
0wKBN TIL that Ghengis Khan was provoked into invading Persia by a slaughtered merchant caravan and a beheaded diplomat.
G9AJ TIL a US Navy SEAL suffered through 30 minutes of agonizing hell to save his teammates from an exploding grenade. Not a karma whoring attempt, I just really want people to remember this guy
JJxB TIL The Korean text in “The Interview” poster says, “"The war will begin”, “Do not trust these ignorant Americans!” and “Awful work by the ‘pigs’ that created Neighbors and This Is the End.”