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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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nWvXY TIL that in 1889 in the German city of Freiburg the most stinkiest compound ever produced called Thioacetone has been distilled in an experiment in the city causing fainting, vomiting and unconsciousness in a radius or around 1 km from the place of the experiment.
jEBa TIL that you need to “prove” you’re gay to the Turkish military by showing “photographic evidence”, basically showing a picture of yourself having sex as the “bottom”, because being “top” doesn’t necessarily mean you’re gay
wr77 TIL Fidel Castro had sex with 35,000 women, according to an ex-Castro official. At least two a day for more than four decades. ‘One for lunch and one for supper. Sometimes he even ordered one for breakfast.’
YpY7W TIL that the Ganzfeld Experiment is a technique used to test individuals for ESP and induce hallucinations
4XJ1N TIL: Every year the Alpine Swift spends over 200 days in a row, in the air, without landing. How the birds are physiologically able to do it is still a mystery to scientists.