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TIL: A judge sentenced convicted murderer William Hammons to life in prison without the possibility of parole, with one additional term: he must spend every anniversary of his victim’s death in solitary confinement.

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xVN7k TIL: The US bought Alaska from Russia in 1867
ADgR4 TIL That a 19-Year-old student hid a spy camera in his clothing to take secret street photos in the 1890s, taking pictures of people in a natural state, rather than in the strict posing trends that dominated in photography during those years.
lRJ1 TIL liquid Helium is the coldest substance on earth, and is critical to MRI machines and medical research. The US is intentionally depleting and disbanding its Federal Helium Reserve and will have to rely on Russian and Qatar in the future.
ADB5n TIL In 17th century England, the pineapple was a symbol of wealth and luxury. Even security guards were hired to protect pineapples from being stolen. Such as in an 1807 court case where a Mr. Godding was sentenced to seven years transportation to Australia for stealing seven pineapples.
pY90Z TIL Little Shop Of Horrors was the first ever DVD in history to get recalled. In 1998, a disc was released to stores containing a "black-and-white, un-scored, un-dubbed video copy of the original ending that looked like shit."