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TIL the longest-serving death row inmate is a Japanese former boxer. He’s been in solitary confinement for 44 years. And he could well be innocent, as a 2012 DNA test revealed.

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Lka0 TIL that in March 2012, a U.S. soldier (SPC Dennis Weichel) saved an Afghani boy by jumping in front of a moving truck to push the boy out of the way. He was struck by the truck instead and died of his injuries.
QNgld TIL one brave Woman Hunted down 10 Mexican Cartel Members who Killed her Daughter
O7bL TIL The first “picture” of Halley’s comet can be seen on the Bayeux tapestry which was possibly completed in 1077
b9NNN TIL in 1981 Bosco Ramos won the mayoral election in Sunol, California. As it happened, Bosco was a dog. The furry politician remained in the office until its death in 1994.
vP8xr TIL in 2000 Alabama became the last state to repeal its law against interracial marriage. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned state bans on interracial marriage in 1967.