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TIL Romeo and Juliet Law in Utah has a 7-10 year gap. 😲

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9YVop TIL that the Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in caves in the Judaean Desert from 1945-1956 in 11 caves contain 981 different manuscripts having great historical & religious significance as they include the 2nd oldest manuscripts included in the Hebrew Bible along with extra-biblical manuscripts.
pYeDO TIL John Wojtowicz, who unsuccessfully tried to rob a bank in 1972 to pay for his wife Eden's gender reassignment surgery. Wojtowicz had based his plans on the movie, "The Godfather" (1972), which he had watched earlier that day
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