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TIL Grand Duchess Olga, oldest child of Czar Nicholas II of Russia, was a nurse in a military hospital during WW1

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pQEZ TIL of James Cameron, the only known survivor of a lynching attempt, who had a noose around his neck when an unidentified woman rescued him from a mob of over 10,000 people
n0DY TIL last year a Canadian judge fined a man $1 for being caught with 30 marijuana plants, citing ‘Antiquated and Ridiculous’ marijuana laws
4aba TIL: A 71-year-old man was convicted of murder for shooting the man who robbed him of $18,000 of property. The Assistant District Attorney argued that “The law recognizes the right to self-defense, but you can never take a human life for property,” that the man should have yelled for help instead.
oBmjE TIL Bananas are classified as true berries, strawberries are not
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