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TIL police in west Germany located a man who had a warrant for unpaid fines. They confronted him just as his slot machine struck a jackpot, and he avoided jail time by paying his fine on the spot.

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dDaZ8 TIL: There is 12,000 year old rock art in the middle of the Sahara Desert, created by humans when the Sahara was still green and full of life. Some historians believe the human experience of watching the Sahara dry up still exists today as the story of the Garden of Eden
QNxPX TIL that about 70-85 million people died in the world war 2
awl0 TIL that Stonehenge could be assembled by a single clever person. A guy in Michigan has figured out one way to do it.
l7B67 TIL the fastest heartbeat ever recorded was 600 beats per minute
PYwge TIL because Wayne wheeler was stabbed in the leg with a pitchfork by a drunk farmhand he dedicated his life to banning alcohol and eventually achieved prohibition.