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TIL that Leonardo Da Vinci played a significant role in the founding of modern paleontology

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69pQJ TIL that Accent Group own lots of the Australian footwear market including Dr.Martens,Glue, Henleys,Herschel,Hoka,Hype,Merrell,Platypus,Saucony,Skechers,SneakerLab,StyleRunner,The Athlete's Foot,Timberland,UGG,Vans +More
bye4 TIL that Fritz Moen, who was partly paralysed was wrongfully convicted of two rapes and murders. One victim had been chased across a field, knocked down and tied up with her own clothes, which he was physically incapable of doing. He served a total of 18 years in prison, he was acquitted in 2004.
OKvL TIL of MOVE, a Black Power movement that was involved in several standoffs with police. There was a 1978 incident where an officer was shot and killed, resulting in life sentences for nine members, and a 1985 incident where police bombed their compound, destroying 65 homes and killing eleven people.
7r4DL TIL about Blackstone's ratio, the idea that, "It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer." Blackstone's principle influenced the nineteenth-century development of "beyond a reasonable doubt" as the burden of proof in criminal law.
Oon67 TIL Progressive once hired a lawyer to defend a driver who killed their customer in an attempt to avoid paying out liability coverage.