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TIL the National Registry of Exonerations lists 2,939 convicted defendants who were exonerated through DNA and non-DNA evidence from January, 1989 through January, 2022 with more than 25,600 years imprisoned.

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7KQP TIL: That 70% of Iran’s science and engineering students are women and that its scientific progress is reported to be the fastest in the world.
ZpXxD TIL the music video of Bombtrack (1991) by Rage Against the Machine supported Sendero Luminoso and its leader Abimael Guzman. The group sang in a cage, mimicking Guzman being filmed in a cage after being arrested
QNGVE TIL that a teenager in Manchester, suffering from depression, created multiple fake online identities to persuade his best friend to attempt to murder him. Following his survival of the attack, he became the first person in UK history to face charges for inciting their own murder.
4knvo TIL in the 1880s, the Harvard Observatory director was frustrated with his staff, and would say "My Scottish maid could do better!" So, he hired his Scottish maid. Williamina Fleming ran a team for decades, classified tens of thousands of stars, & discovered white dwarfs and the Horsehead Nebula.
Me757 TIL about the Australian hoax "drop bears" intended to frighten outsiders and tourists by convincing them that some treetops were inhabited by sharp-toothed flesh-eating koala that could drop down from great heights (8 + meters) and attack.