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TIL David Camm served 13 yrs before being exonerated for the murder of his family. The prosecutor was later found to have been the real culprit’s defense lawyer, faked an expert, and lied about checking crucial evidence. It had the culprit’s DNA, prison nickname, and inmate number.

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NXVZN TIL there is a suburb of Chicago called "Wauconda" (pronounced like Wakonda) that set the record for the largest snowball fight in 2005 with nearly 3000 participants, beating the previous record set at a Swiss ski resort.
9wAO7 TIL that during WWII, the British diverted so much Indian textile production that civilians raided graveyards for clothes. Some people couldn’t work because they didn’t have clothes; others locked themselves in a room until it was their turn to wear the one piece that they shared with others.
QJBM TIL that Karen Carpenter died on the same day that her divorce was supposed to be finalized. At her funeral her husband took off his wedding ring and threw it into her casket.
pYGOG TIL the antibiotics used to treat the sex disease chlamydia can't be used in koala bears because the delicate balance of gut bacteria necessary to digest eucalyptus leaves becomes compromised
rN0nx TIL that despite being mentally unfit to rule, Afonso VI became King of Portugal in 1656. He married Maria of Savoy but was unable to consummate during their 2 year marriage. Maria got an annulment, married his younger brother Pedro, sent Alfonso into exile on an island and they claimed the thrown.