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TIL Darryl Boyd was framed at 16 for a 1976 murder, prosecutors hid 19+ pieces of evidence proving his innocence. He lost 28 years in prison, exonerated in 2021, but died of cancer in 2025 before his estate won a record $80 million (largest US wrongful conviction verdict ever) against Erie County.

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nW4O9 TIL black bears can also be brown, blonde, light blue, and white. They do this to correctly adapt to their environment.
gMG14 TIL there is a species of cabbage that grows on top of a stalk that can reach up to 20 ft tall, and it's used mostly to feed livestock or to make walking sticks.
9a1r TIL Heath Ledger was an avid chess player having won junior chess championship in Western Australia at the age of 10. He was to perform and direct a chess movie based on the novel “The Queen’s Gambit” before his death.
groa7 TIL Human brain was bigger 3000 years ago
GoG7 TIL there used to be a horse sized duck living in Australia