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TIL of a woman sentenced to 141,078 years in prison for running a pyramid scheme. She only served 8 years of her sentence before being released.

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dVlK TIL when Yuri Gagarin landed after his famous spaceflight, the only people nearby were a farmer and her daughter. He looked like frightening in his orange space suit, so he said “Don’t be afraid, I’m a Soviet citizen like you, who has descended from space and I must find a telephone to call Moscow!”
xVrBo TIL When you bail someone out of jail you get the money back if they attend their court dates
9wOLG TIL that Niagara Falls consists of 3 waterfalls, rather than 2. The falls consist of the Horseshoe Falls, the American Falls, and the Bridal Veil Falls (which is significantly smaller than both the Horseshoe and American Falls).
W7XXA TIL New Mexico was named 223 years before the naming of Mexico in 1821.
DQvAp TIL that the vehicles in Disneyland's Indiana Jones ride can't reverse. The final boulder escape scene is achieved by tilting the vehicle's motion base backwards and accelerating the walls past the riders.