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TIL Texas charged a man who knew he was infected with HIV with assault with a deadly weapon after the man committed sexual assault. The court concluded that under Texas’ laws, infected semen could be considered a deadly weapon.

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Oa6Y TIL 3 pacifists (all over age of 57) breached the defenses of a site that houses 100 tons of nuclear material, to paint antiwar slogans on buildings. The lapse in security at what is “supposed to be one of the world’s most secure facilities” was described by Steven Chu as “deeply troubling.”
kONem TIL that in 2007 a British author submitted the opening chapters of three classic Jane Austen novels to major publishers as a test. He used different titles but changed little besides names and locations. Most of the publishers rejected the manuscripts, and only one recognized them as Austen's.
65JW TIL that in 2006, a 45-y.o. woman posed as her 17 y.o. daughter online, sending men provocative photos and panties stolen from the girl while pitting her online boyfriends against one another. One of the men eventually killed another in a jealous rage. He went to prison, but she was never charged.
j6w9X TIL This weird Fact/trivia About Lethal Weapon 2, Joe Pesci character Leo Getz says OK in this film 105 times just in this second film, 276 times across three films (introduced in the second film)
yQMop TIL the tale generally considered to be the first detective story is Edgar Allan Poe's, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," in 1841. The story describes the extraordinary analytical power used by Monsieur C. Auguste Dupin to solve a series of murders in Paris.