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TIL during Mike Tyson’s rape trial, he was offered a 6 month probation to plead guilty. His response: “I’d spend the rest of my life in jail, I’m not pleading guilty to something I didn’t do.” The woman who accused him has had one prior history of false rape accusation.

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N7AMe TIL that Hanns Scharff, a German Luftwaffe interrogator, used kindness and subterfuge to interrogate his charges. Hans created a bond with captured Allied pilots. His stratagem was subtle and calculated, and he never resorted to hurting any of the people with whom he came into contact
00X1 TIL in Islamic law, a woman has the right to annul her marriage if her husband is away for too long because her right to intimacy is paramount
P1Wge TIL: Seiji Yoshida WW2 memoir, "My War Crimes" detailing his many war crimes against comfort women became a hit and even used by George Hicks, the NYT, etc. It even spread across Korea. However, after his death, his son revealed he made up his war crimes for money as he was poor after the war.
p8Z6N TIL Aztecs saw giving birth as a battle, and women who died during childbirth were believed to go to the same heaven as fallen warriors.
p8yop TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger was a millionaire before he came to America, thanks to his business degree. He participated in bodybuilding (and later became an actor) as hobbies.