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TIL a Shaggy Defense is the name given to a legal strategy in which the defendant flatly denies guilt in the face of overwhelming evidence against them.

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OGPr6 TIL bones make up around 85-90% of adult bearded vultures' (Gypaetus barbatus) diet. Bones are swallowed whole or bitten through, up to the size of a lamb's femur,
oBdKW TIL that Ford initiated the 5 day work week... not to give people a 2 day break, but to improve human output and spending
7rGEP TIL that at a point, breathing in Delhi, India was equivalent to smoking 45 cigarettes a day.
ZGnp TIL that Eugene “Gene” Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, fulfilled a promise he made to his daughter Tracy by writing her initials on a moon rock. Those initials will probably remain there for thousands of years.
x9mw TIL in 2003 the Polynesian island country of Niue became the world’s first “WiFi nation”, offering free Internet access throughout the country.