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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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oBM1Y TIL that drawer underneath your oven actually designed to keep food warm after cooking.
YpGBd TIL That over HALF of dead rappers were murdered
J11eQ TIL The FDR Memorial in Washington DC was designed to be accessible to people with physical impairments. However, vision-impaired visitors complained that the braille was illegible due to improper dot spacing, and in some cases was placed eight feet off the ground.
loJr TIL Mozart composed a song called “Lick Me in the Ass”.
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