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[TIL] that accepting a Presidential Pardon, implies acceptance of guilt, as defined by the US Supreme Court in Burdick v. United States

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7leO TIL that Hitler’s doctor, Theodor Morell, was accused of being an allied sympathiser after it was found out that he had prescribed Hitler cocaine eyedrops, methamphetamines, and E.Coli.
9w0Mm TIL beets can turn your pee red 😅
VBJNG TIL the Nintendo character Kirby is named after John Kirby, a corporate lawyer that won their case when they were sued by Universal Studios for using the name Kong in Donkey Kong.
b9QwN TIL that the Richter scale, used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake, is logarithmic, meaning every whole-number increase in the scale indicates a tenfold increase in the intensity.
4kyl6 TIL in ancient India the Krosa, a Sanskrit word, was a unit of measurement defined by the distance at which a cow's moo is heard.