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TIL that Einstein didn't wear socks

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bjw4 TIL there is a law in Arizona called the “Stupid Motorist Law” that allows the state to fine drivers for their rescue if they drive around barricades or signs and get stuck in flooded roadways.
epAQ5 TIL about Cranberry/Gold Ruby glass, which is made by mixing miscible gold (sometimes tin as well) into molten glass. Furthermore, there's 1976 film "Heart of Glass" about it by Werner Herzog in which he hypnotized actors before most scenes in his endeavor to, quote, speak through them.
JYO0Q TIL inmate executions take so long that nearly a quarter of inmates on death row in the U.S. die of natural causes while awaiting execution.
0wboN TIL when Jack Gordon tried to bribe Senator Harry Reid back when he was the Nevada gaming commissioner, he notified the FBI and on the day of the sting, he screamed 'You son of a bitch!' and tried to STRANGLE Gordon, but the FBI agents pulled Reid off of him.
D1gAP TIL that a nun in a convent in France began to meow like a cat; shortly afterwards other nuns also meowed. At last all the nuns meowed together every day for several hours. They finally stopped after they were informed that they will be whipped until they promised not to meow any more.