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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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MelKV TIL about how Japan built a train station around a 700 year old tree to preserve it
0wkNp TIL The 8 hour workday was devised so that workers could evenly divide 24 hours between: "Eight hours' labour, Eight hours' recreation, Eight hours' rest"
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95wm TIL the Roman calendar used to have ten months and that the word October means “8th month”, November means “9th month”, and December means “10th month.”
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