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TIL the Innocence Project has freed 311 wrongfully convicted people, including 18 who spent time on death row.

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XLMr TIL Billie Piper, in her split from DJ Chris Evans, was entitled to 30 million GBP ($50 million US) but refused to take it stating, “I think that’s disgusting.” In reference to the idea she should take the money.
a8vRN TIL about the Ham Sandwich Theorem, a mathematical theory stating every possible combination of any number of sandwich ingredients in any dimensional space can be cut in equal halves with one slice, regardless of each ingredient's location.
0dPR TIL a prisoner was kept in a 9x7 cell w/no light, clock, or calendar. If he left his cell, he was fitted with goggles and headphones. He started having tics and unusual contortions of his body. He became convinced his lawyers were part of an interrogation program and his captors were protectors.
5VYv8 TIL ravens and wolf cubs have been observed playing, with ravens flying over the cubs with sticks, teasing the cubs into jumping to grab the stick.
R7AWQ TIL David Bowie hated Gary Numan so much to begin with that he had Numan thrown off the billing of a show they were both booked to appear in