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TIL of Iwao Hakamada Japanese Boxer who was interrogated for 20 days straight with no lawyer present and spent 46 Years On A Death Row for a crime he did not commit.

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jQ5Q TIL an amendment to the U.S. Constitution was proposed to change the country’s name to “the United States of Earth.” It did not pass.
WbaA TIL that a London couple kept a man from Nigeria as their slave for 24 years before he finally escaped. After their arrests they were sentenced to 6 years in prison.
kJVwW TIL that during the Black Dahlia case The Los Angeles Examiner (owned by Hearst) scooped the victim's personal details by lying to her mother, saying her daughter had won a beauty contest rather than been murdered.
lGoV TIL that several psychological studies have demonstrated the link between low intelligence, racist beliefs, and authoritarian attitudes.
yVelV TIL that The Titanic’s junior wireless officer Harold Bride survived the disaster by getting onto an upturned lifeboat and was later paid a thousand dollars by The New York Times for his exclusive.