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TIL that Bernie Madoff’s wife was allowed to keep $2.5M of stolen money

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Q116 TIL that in 1945 a man survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, caught the morning train so he could arrive at his job on time - in Nagasaki - where he survived another atomic blast. His name was Tsutomu Yamaguchi and he is the only person recognized by Japan’s govt. to have survived both attacks.
KYvVG TIL Benjamin Franklin is frequently quoted as the author, but he never said "Democracy can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury."; that is a misquote of a scottish monarchist who hated democracy
vPwd8 TIL that children exposed to family violence show the same pattern of brain activity as soldiers exposed to combat.
LkAgZ TIL Socrates left no written work, and all we know about him is what other people (specifically Plato) wrote about him
bJwE TIL the film “Demolition Man” was released in two different editions. The U.S. Release which featured Taco Bell as the prominent Fast Food franchise of the future, and the International Release which featured Pizza Hut instead.