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TIL a soldier who fired his gun in celebration in NYC got sentanced to 4 - 12 Years For Manslaughter after turning himself in after the stray bullet killed a mother in Queens.

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kJvw1 TIL that India is the largest producer of mangoes, it accounts for less than 1% of the international mango trade; India consumes most of its own production.
dDvBZ TIL Robin Williams was the one who suggested that Sid Meier‘s name should be put on each of his games
QJbM6 TIL the title “Anchor Man: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” was a play words on the obscure 2001 documentary “Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy”
awvN9 TIL that 'GropeCunt Lane' was a popular English street name in the middle ages, and was named so because of the level of prostitution going on within that particular area
m1P6o TIL of an archeological dig site northeast of the Dead Sea in the southern Jordan River Valley that has many striking characteristics to the Biblical city of Sodom.