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TIL Mike Tyson has a TV show where him and a team solve mysteries

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mK5P TIL Texas charged a man who knew he was infected with HIV with assault with a deadly weapon after the man committed sexual assault. The court concluded that under Texas’ laws, infected semen could be considered a deadly weapon.
DQ11V TIL about a town in Western Australia call Wittenoom that was so contaminated with asbestos that 80% of the population died and the whole town was declared a contaminated site. Only one resident still lives there
PKJO TIL for two full months, Michael J Fox worked 16.5-hour days to fulfil his commitments to both Family Ties and Back to the Future. He’d finish on BTTF at 2.30am and start again on FT at 10am
Bgonk TIL there is One Highway, in the United States, that has road signs in Kilometres and Metres
5VROp TIL that Edward VII introduced “Sandringham Time” in 1901, setting all the clocks on the royal estate 30 minutes fast to provide more daylight for his favourite activity of hunting and shooting. The custom lasted 35 years until 1936, when his grandson Edward VIII literally turned back the clocks.