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TIL a British woman was wrongly convicted of murdering her two sons (born 1996 and 1998) when they really died from SIDS. The little-understood disease caused a jury to believe she smothered them to death. After serving 4 years, she was released in 2003. She died in 2007 from alcohol abuse.

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8eRmX TIL In a study of antioxidant content of 3,100 foods, Amla (Indian Gooseberry) ranked #1 by far. It has 18X the amount of antioxidants as blueberries which are often touted as a high antioxidant food. Other high score foods: bilberries, black currants, blackberries, goji berries, cranberries.
dDDZQ TIL about the Nizari Ismaili state, better known as the hashashin. A religious state founded by Hassan-I sabbah who waged a war against the Seljuk empire using assassination and guerilla warfare before the state was destroyed by the mongols.
GwGG TIL There is a toothpaste named Black Man toothpaste that is sold by Colgate in asian countries. The name refers to stereotypically black males white teeth. In 1989 it held a 75% market share in Taiwan and is still sold today.
X0X6R TIL that the idea that '30-50% of the population don't have internal narratives/monologues' came from a study of 5 people and has never been clinically reproduced
m1noM TIL about Tōxcatl, an annual Aztec festival which revolved around the sacrifice of a young man who had been impersonating their god Tezcatlipoca since the last Tōxcatl festival, and the selection of a new man to take that role in the year to come