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TIL comedian Eddie Izzard ran 32 marathons in 31 days

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e0pPD TIL that the state of Louisiana caps compensation for people wrongfully convicted of crimes at $25,000/year with a maximum payout of $250,000.
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epaEk TIL Samus Aran from the Metroid game series was identified as a bounty hunter, but Nintendo later admitted they did not know what a "bounty hunter" was and just liked the title
J15oV TIL that, in 2009, German goalkeeper Robert Enke committed suicide by train. Over the months after Enke's death, the number of railway suicides increased dramatically in Germany and several nearby countries. This effect was referred to as the Enke effect
BJd TIL If cockroaches survive a nuclear holocaust, they will still die in our homes from cold and starvation