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TIL in India, 200 women came to a court in Nagpur armed with knives and chilli powder and murdered on the court floor a serial rapist – Akku Yadav. Then every woman claimed responsibility for the murder.

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16rNr TIL about Boanthropy, a rare psychological disorder where people believe they are cows
loaDa TIL about the saffron crocus flower that is used to make the most valuable spice in the world (by weight)-- saffron. It can take 50,000–75,000 plants to produce 1 pound of saffron.
klDW TIL of a British marine who threw himself on an enemy grenade in Afghanistan, walked away with a nosebleed and got himself the George Cross
7rBBM TIL of the only person in Nevada to die by firing squad. No men were willing to shoot him, so a shooting machine was built to carry out his execution.
9ww67 TIL that 15 mines detonated at the Battle of Messines on 7th June 1917 created what is still one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in human history. The blast created a 12-metre deep crater and was reportedly heard as far away as Dublin.