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TIL There is a judge in Ohio who has sentenced people to spend a night in the woods alone( animal abandonment), be homeless for 24hrs( stealing a Salvation Army kettle), and stay silent or listen to classical music for a day( noise complaints).

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Me0M8 TIL that the label "Made in Germany" was invented by the British in the late 1800s to harm German industries, who they considered cheap copycats. Antagonized by this German industry started a huge quality offensive and the label turned into a seal of quality.
697Jm TIL Boer Commandos / Kommandos of what is now South Africa were civilian units of guerilla militia that ran parallel to British troops & were re-formed, conscripted to, & disbanded several times (last was 2005). Entire families in district command, control of taxes & fighting in rough terrain.
9Ypvm TIL a region in Brazil is home to the remnants of two native tribes, consisting of four and five people, respectively, who “speak mutually unintelligible languages, but are linked by marriage,” as well as “an unknown man who lives alone and is thought the be the last survivor of a different tribe.”
VBgKG TIL The ancient Greeks may have based their mythological monsters off fossilised dinosaurs they discovered
xDgw TIL in 1990, during an exchange of punches in a wrestling match between Vader and Stan Hansen, Stan poked Vader’s right eye, which caused it to pop out of its socket. After pushing the eye back into its socket and holding it in place with his eyelid, Vader continued until the match was called off.