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TIL a lawyer was hired for a traffic case. Instead of sitting his client at the witness table, he dressed another lawyer to look like the client. When the only witness (a policeman) was asked to point to the defendant in the room, he pointed to the fake client. The real client was found not guilty

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5YL98 TIL of Kirk Alexander, a man who ordered from his local Domino's almost every night for 10 years. When he hadn't ordered anything for 11 days at the end of 2016, the manager of that Domino's grew concerned, sent a deliveryman to check up on him and called 911. He was found in critical condition.
8eK5V TIL cuttlefish were commonly used throughout Greece and Rome for their reddish-brown pigment. Cuttlefish were called sepia in Latin and Greek, hence the English sepia.
dx8d TIL only two former presidents of the United States have died during the month of September; both were assassinated
vKn4 TIL Roger Williams was a minister who was in favor of religious freedom, separation of church and state, was against slavery, and wanted fair dealings with Native Americans. All in the 1600’s
vPvY4 TIL that William I's response to northern rebellion in England was to order the wholesale slaughter of the inhabitants of northern shires, and the burning of food, homes, crops, tools, and livestock so that survivors would freeze or starve