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TIL the Norris-Bittaker tape; an audio recording of a murder so brutal that it is used to desensitize potential FBI agents. It has been deemed too gruesome to be released to the public, and an officer took his own life after hearing it.

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0de1y TIL The British Monarch has 'The Royal Prerogative of Mercy' which allows them to grant pardons to convicted people. Queen Elizabeth II has pardoned a few people, the most famous of whom was a posthumous pardon for Alan Turing, convicted for 'Homosexual Acts' as was illegal in 1952.
GAk0g TIL there is no difference between white and yellow cheddar cheese aside from the added food coloring.
xVWx1 TIL Some of the early Titanic lifeboats were launched half-full because many passengers preferred to stay on the warm ship, assuming that nearby ocean liners would rescue them in time.
V7wQ TIL that the deepest layer of the ocean, the hadopelagic zone, is named after the realm of Hades, the Greek underworld. This ranges from 6000m (3.7 miles) deep, down to the very lowest reaches. Populations are sparsest here, and are believed to be sustained by marine snow and thermal vents.
5e78 TIL Liam Neeson was offered the role of James Bond in Goldeneye (1995) but turned down the role because he wasn’t interested in starring in action movies.