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TIL that bystanders in China are afraid to help in an accident because a court precedent assigned blame to the helper

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lobm1 TIL of the Mountjoy prison escape in Ireland where three IRA men escaped the prison in a hijacked helicopter
8aEXL TIL that buccaneers derived their name from the Arawak word for buccan, a wooden meat smoker. This smoked meat was purchased largely by Caribbean privateers who eventually gained the nickname.
AOMa TIL that in 1981, the Russians successfully landed on the surface of the hottest planet on our Solar System, Venus. The Venera 13 probe later returned the first color images of the surface of Venus.
JbLm TIL In 1996, Rob Schneider established the Rob Schneider Music Foundation. The foundation returned music education to Pacifica’s elementary schools by paying the teachers’ salaries and providing funds for instruments and equipment. Prior to this the schools did not have music education for years
ZB7D TIL that the They Might Be Giants album Apollo 18 features a song that made use of the shuffle feature on CD players. Made of 21 separate tracks, you get a new sonic experience every time it is played.