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TIL that an early patent for the parking meter was intended to operate on power from the battery of the parking vehicle and required a connection from the car to the meter.

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1MgP TIL that a 10th grader was jailed for 3 years without a trial for a robbery he didn’t commit. When they finally let him go, he never even got an apology.
nWJKG TIL that 'double muscled' mice, having a deficiency of myostatin(a protein that inhibits muscle growth), are found to have excessive muscle growth but impaired force generation; i.e. they are more muscular, but not necessarily stronger
oB6pE TIL a child molester voluntarily castrated himself to get rid of his urges and be freed from prison
yw0a TIL of the Romansch language. Spoken only in a small part of the Swiss Alps, it is a direct descendant of the Vulgar Latin used by the Roman Imperial troops garrisoned there.
OoGKe TIL roman emperor Diocletian retired in 305 AD to grow cabbages and tend to his vegetable gardens.