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TIL In 1990 NYC’s head D.A. oversaw the wrongful conviction of five 15 year-olds by using coerced confessions and intimidation tactics. In 2002, the real culprit confessed and to this day, the D.A. refuses to apologize to the men. She is now a multi millionaire author based on her legal expertise.

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wLEO8 TIL researchers reported duplicating the glue that the sandcastle worms secrete and use to stick sand grains together underwater. They believe the glue to have applications as a biocompatible medical adhesive, for instance to repair shattered bones. For bone repair, it can replace pins and screws
mNOE TIL that while Christopher Reeve was awaiting surgery to reattach his skull to his spine, a man burst through the door claiming to be a proctologist and said he needed to perform a rectal exam on Reeve. It was Robin Williams.
7rk0x TIL there's a manga about Jesus and Buddha living as roommates in modern Japan
eBO4 TIL: Six thousand feral camels once attacked and completely shut down an Australian town in 2009.
ANVkg TIL when "The Sound of Music" was translated into German for a 2005 production in Vienna, the solfège syllables in the song "Do-Re-Mi" were replaced by mnemonics for each letter of the C major scale.