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TIL a New York man had his home taken from him, his life threatened by a judge and then ended up mysteriously dead from a head injury shortly after compiling the evidence of this…

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jEoa TIL that Americans who listened to the first Kennedy-Nixon debate on the radio felt that Nixon had won while those who watched it on television were sure that Kennedy had won. This was because, where Nixon had eloquence and debate skills, Kennedy had charm and showmanship.
nZnB TIL that three Klansmen, including an FBI informant, forced a black man to jump to his death from a bridge 150 feet into a river. An Alabama judge dropped the case because “Merely forcing a person to jump from a bridge does not naturally and probably lead to the death of such a person.”
4956 TIL Murder rates of women in Turkey have gone up 1400% since the current ruling party, Justice and Development Party came into power.
9y96 TIL: The “teacup pig” fad was just a scam that sold baby piglets to unsuspecting buyers. Paris Hilton bought one off the internet and now owns a massive mama hog
JYjQk TIL PEZ were originally marketed to adults as an alternative to smoking cigarettes and the early slogan was, “No smoking, PEZing Allowed”. The name PEZ is an abbreviation of PfeffErminZ, which is German for peppermint.