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TIL: Staying silent during interrogation does not invoke your Miranda right to remain silent - you must invoke unambiguously, and silence is not enough to do that.

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6Er5Z TIL that in 1969, Yoko Ono directed the film Self-Portrait, which consisted of a single 42 minute shot of John Lennon’s semi erect penis.
aly TIL on June 27, 1844, Mormon Founder Joseph Smith was murdered by an angry mob while he sat in a jail cell. The incident arose after Smith ordered the destruction of a news paper that exposed the fact he had married 8 already-married women.
PgdZ TIL that the white suicide rate is almost as high as the black homicide rate. Also, the black suicide rate is far lower.
emlb TIL after the Battle of Kalka River, Genghis Khan had large wooden boards constructed, placing 6 Russian princes underneath them. Khan and his generals ate and drank to their victory, crushing their prisoners to death as they feasted.
geey TIL Matthew McConaughey gave up on going to law school in 1993 to go into acting. His breakout movie role came in 1996, as a lawyer.