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TIL when Three Six Mafia beat out Dolly Parton to win the 2006 Academy Award for Best Original Song, Dolly was thrilled, and personally sent a congratulatory letter, “We’re proud of you guys, and I’m just glad that the Oscar came back to Tennessee one way or another!”

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aw1AN TIL In 2013, San Diego's City Attorney prosecuted a man for writing anti-bank messages in washable chalk on a public sidewalk. He faced 13 counts of vandalism and thousands of dollars in restitution. The jury acquitted him of all charges.
Arjx TIL Canadian child killer Peter Woodcock was given intense treatment over many years, deemed safe, and given a weekend pass.Within an hour he had murdered somebody. Claimed treatment “served only to make him more adept at manipulating others”
ENmp TIL a construction company destroyed a Mayan temple from 200BC and was fined only $24,000
VBpy8 TIL that during the American Revolution, British intelligence officer John Andre was executed as a spy. Many people, including Alexander Hamilton and the Marquis de Lafayette, respected Andre and regretted his death.
NXBG8 TIL about the Melanesian “cargo cults” - an indigenous group who superstitiously recreated Allied / Japanese military equipment, clothes, and routines in the hopes that it would bring back more of the resources they saw delivered to bases on nearby islands during WWII.