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TIL that if you are a Black man, you can be executed for murders you did not commit

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e6AJ TIL that Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt was April Fooled early in his career when his office was taken apart and rebuilt on a platform in the middle of a pond complete with a working phone.
wLRDY TIL The chief prosecutor for the United States in the Nuremberg Trials was Ben Ferencz, a 27 year old Jewish American lawyer who had never tried a case before. He investigated Nazi war crimes and went on to help establish the International Criminal Court. He's still alive today at 101.
AkkB TIL Mayans exist today. They will be celebrating a new era on Dec 21st, not the end of the World.
J8Ll TIL the shortest correspondence in history was between novelist Victor Hugo and his publisher, after the publication of Les Miserables. Wishing to learn how sales were going, Hugo sent a telegram with only one character. “?”. As the book had already sold out, the publisher responded: “!”
Wk77L TIL when African elephant bulls enter “must” (a rutting phase of the reproductive cycle), they experience Green Penis Syndrome. During this time they secrete pungent liquids from their temporal glands, while the penis turns green and releases a constant dribble of strong-smelling urine.