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TIL About Ned Kelly, An Australian Bandit. In His Last Stand, His Gang Donned Homemade Armor And Battled Police For Hours. The Last Of His Gang Standing, Kelly Walked into The Open, Firing While Bullets Ricocheted Off His Armor. Eventually, A Shotgun Knocked Him Over, Allowing For His Capture

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ADDMl TIL of Annie Dookhan, a chemist working for the Massachusetts state drug lab who pled guilty to falsifying thousands reports effecting up to 34,000 cases. She served a little over 2.5 years in prison before being paroled.
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