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TIL the longest prison sentence was 141,078 years, given to a Thai woman who defrauded over 16,000 people out of over $200m. She served 8 years.

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9Y15M TIL that brain freeze is a not-very serious condition that is simply your body’s reaction to eating too-cold foods. Its scientific name is "phenopalatine ganglioneuralgia"
y8Bw TIL That if Queen Elizabeth lives for exactly two more years, she will be the longest lived British monarch ever
lLJ7 TIL Brendan Hufford, founder of kids martial arts company OK Kimonos, once held a clothing drive for poor children in Brazil that raised $3,000 and 100 uniforms. He didn’t donate any of the uniforms or money to the charity, but promoted his business as doing such.
VMk0p TIL that baristas at the CIA Starbucks do not write down customers names on their cups and there are no frequent-customer award cards
g8Zb TIL Hall of Fame boxer Sugar Ray Robinson backed out of a fight because he had a dream that he was going to kill his opponent in the ring. After a priest and minister convinced Robinson to fight, Robinson went into the ring and killed his opponent, Jimmy Doyle.