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TIL Synesthesia: Mystery of God’s Creation

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VMNm4 TIL The Pirate Code Was a Real Thing, In The Sense That a Ship's Code Was Seen as The Law Among a Crew
PvGJ TIL Carl King, with no prior background in law, took it upon himself to prove his friend was innocent after being jailed for 21 years. The jury convicted Colin Warner on charges of second degree murder based solely on the eyewitness testimony from a 14 year old boy who admitted to lying on the stand
JYoVV TIL "ParseError" created a lamp that creates a thunderstorm of light whenever the POTUS tweets in Twitter. Each tweet is materialized by a series of lightning roaring through the clouds, disturbing the soft glow of the lamp.
PYGaE TIL the Spanish Inquisition was devoid of its own budget, meaning it depended exclusively on the confiscation of the goods of the denounced. Due to this organization and possibility of abuse, someone wrote a letter to the king saying of the inquisitors "if they do not burn they do not eat".
jNwJj TIL of cucamelons. They are a fruit that is about the size of a grape, looks like a watermelon, and taste like a mix between a cucumber and a lime.