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TIL that Robert Mericle was only sentenced for one year the Kids for Cash Scandal

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NYge TIL in June 2012 Bloomberg’s international currency software briefly showed an entry called the ‘Post Euro Greek Drachma’. The currency had a brand new code (XGD) and was quickly removed from public view.
e0nw5 TIL: Of the Blood Falls, a waterfall in Antarctica made up of primordial bacteria which have been sealed away from the rest of the earth for millions of years.
5Gkr TIL a boat named the “Eastland” sank three years after the Titanic because of new laws which required more life boats. The boat became too top heavy and sank, killing over 800 people.
GANM7 TIL that life imprisonment without possibility of parole has been deemed illegal by the European Court of Human Rights.
woKEE TIL black holes also regurgitate matter such as stars that they suck in