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TIL before the 1980s, it was unlawful to own your own telephone.

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vA6R TIL A man convicted to 21,250 years in prison won an appeal - his sentence was reduced to 500 years.
V5kG TIL that the term ‘sniper’ came from a so called 'sharpshooter’ hunting and shooting the little, sneaky, elusive bird called the 'snipe’, Thus calling themselves 'Snipers’.
Zplao TIL that two US Presidents were citizens of the confederacy, John Tyler and Woodrow Wilson
x6Ea7 TIL a woman, Jackie Mitchell, struck out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, then had her contracted voided
OGL11 TIL of Wenman Wykeham-Musgrave, a Royal Navy officer who was on three different ships that were torpedoed... all on the same day