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TIL in U.S. criminal cases, more than 90% of defendants plead guilty rather than go to trial

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R5rO1 TIL Woody Guthrie composed "This Land is Your Land" and then forgot about it, not doing anything with it for 5 years
GGAG TIL After a rude interaction, Zach Galifianakis once told January Jones “… everybody’s going to forget about you in a few years, so be fucking nice.”
9YeDG TIL of a £4m art heist Manchester in 2003 , including a Van Gogh painting. It is believed the culprit tipped off the police and revealed the location of the stolen artwork. Stating that his intentions were not to steal , but to highlight woeful security.
OGXaL TIL Frustrated with his generals inability to capture the town of Mirandola, Pope Julius II personally went there in January 1511, scolded his generals and personally assumed command of the siege. Two weeks later he took part in storming the walls, making sure to restrain his soldiers from looting
nWK09 TIL that for every human on Earth, there are estimated to be about 2.5 million ants