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TIL more than 1 in 4 people wrongfully convicted but later exonerated by DNA evidence had made false confessions; researchers say they occur as a result of police using force, threat, exhaustion, hunger, lies, and intimidation during interrogations.

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5Yd7p TIL Almost 2/3 of Americans never left the country. Only 36% of Americans have passports According to the State Department.
5rKn TIL when police raided a dog fighting ring in South Carolina, 8 suspects attempted to flee the scene. One of the suspects was taken into custody after one of the dogs chased him and “took him down”. The dog then escaped.
wLemP TIL of Rebecca Chittum, a girl who was switched at birth with another girl and the mistake wasn’t discovered for 3 years. The day that the swap was realized, her biological parents died in a tragic car accident.
oRrmK TIL NASA has an "Innovative Advanced Concepts" (NIAC) group that focuses on high risk/high reward technology projects where the general public can submit ideas to specific challenges for cash prizes (ie Deep Space Food Challenge for $1,000,000 total)
NJPb TIL that Billions of dollar worth of Hidden Treasure (Gold) was discovered at a Indian temple.