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TIL that CBS crime drama "Cold Case" takes place in the same fictional universe as the CSI franchise and "Without a Trace".

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wLQlJ TIL in his youth economist John Law fought a sword duel over the affections of a woman. Law killed his opponent, and was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death. The sentence was later commuted to a fine. After an appeal by the victim’s brother he was imprisoned, but Law escaped to Amsterdam.
Wa04 TIL that the first woman to be nominated as a US Presidential Candidate was Victoria Woodhull of the “Equal Rights Party” in 1872
epxXn TIL The Canadian government sent the military (armed with rifles, bayonets, tanks, and IFV) to violently break up a First Nations protest over a golf course expansion onto their sacred burial grounds
ZpgmR TIL The first digital computer weighed 30 tons & was 30 m long. But when integrated circuits were invented, the same computer would weigh a few grams & measure 7.44 mm by 5.29 mm.
nAXb TIL in 1830, the annual per capita consumption of alcohol by Americans had climbed to more than five gallons. At the time Americans believed liquor was nutritious and stimulated digestion. It was also consumed to help wash down poorly cooked, greasy, salty, and sometimes rancid food.