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TIL of Blackstone’s Formulation: the theory that it is much worse to punish an innocent man than let a guilty man go free.

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697A7 TIL British Liberal MP Jeremy Thorpe paid hitmen to kill his former lover Norman Josiffe in the 1970s
ewgE TIL the Basque language’s origin is still somewhat puzzling. It is not an Indo-European language, and shows no ressemblance to languages in neighbouring countries
19yW TIL that there is a man who has made a living for over 30 years startling people at Fisherman’s Wharf in California. He reportedly makes $60,000 “in a good year.”
wL7eE TIL of John Taylor, a charlatan from the 18th century, parading from town to town doing bogus eye operations, and allegedly blinding hundreds of people, including famous composers Handel, and Bach.
4ko7R TIL Hideki Tojo’s dentures had "Remember Pearl Harbor" engraved into them in morse code