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TIL that even with the extremes of Mt Everest & the Mariana Trench the Earth has less deviation from an idealized spheroid than a billiard ball.

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VMrnZ TIL about the 80s Pakistani action flick, Hitlar, in which der Führer settles down in Pakistan and sires a son. The son of Hitler -Hitlar - spends his days terrorizing a small town, using his musical sting to petrify his enemies, and conversing with paintings of his dead Nazi father.
4maa TIL a man in 1995 attempted to cash in a junk-mail fake check for $95,093.39. It cleared, but 10 days later the bank sent their chief security officer after him. His story, however, made him more money than the check.
v1nNB TIL Punishment by whipping-post remained on the books in Delaware until 1972, when it became the last state to abolish it.
W7JrX TIL that if a Harvard student is found guilty of plagiarism or other cheating, they're not allowed to submit a course evaluation for that class
ReA6 TIL of a drunk driver convicted of manslaughter who was sentenced to wear his victim’s name and spend her birthday and holidays in prison