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TIL that Shareef Cousin, a 16 year old who was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death (after much prosecutorial misconduct) for a murder he didn’t commit, lost his civil suit against the police and D.A. on the basis that prosecutors have absolute immunity.

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R7v7j TIL the Moscow plague riot of 1771 was caused by an outbreak of bubonic plague. The city's economy was mostly paralysed because industries had been closed down. All of this was followed by acute food shortages, leading to huge crowds rioting, and demands for the elimination of quarantines.
yVvBM TIL about Tim Friede, the Venom Man. Tim flatlined from two back to back cobra bites in 2001. He was revived and decided to become immune to snake venom in hope of creating a universal antivenom. He has taken 200+ fang bites and 500+ needle injections from lethal cobras, mambas, kraits and taipans.
VjkB TIL a senior auditor in the Church of Scientology was stabbed 77 times by her schizophrenic son. In line with rules of the church she refused him traditional mental healthcare, and was told by a Scientologist physician that her son had digestive issues and should be energized with vitamins instead.
P17Je TIL of puppeteer Ronald Brown, from Christian children's television programme, Joy Junction. He would later be arrested for planning to kidnap and eat a child.
oBYA7 TIL that the dog breed Labrador comes from the Canadian Labrador peninsula which in turn comes from the name of the Portuguese explorer João Fernandes Lavrador which means "plower"