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TIL in Texas a jury can give the final sentence for murder instead of a judge. As a result, Texas has "misdemeanor murders" where a convicted murderer gets a light sentence like probation because the defense convinced the jury that the victim deserved it.

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E1pjx TIL left pawed dogs are far less likely to pass guide dog training.
R1j6 TIL the Taliban offered to extradite Osama bin Laden if the US presented evidence of his involvement in 9/11. However, the US refused.
Rvna TIL no one knows what Jesus looked like; “The artistic depictions down the ages have total and complete variation, which indicates that nobody did a portrait of Jesus or wrote down a description, it’s all been forgotten.”
eP7J TIL that up to 90% of the Humpback whale population was eliminated during the whaling era.
e0N8b TIL that in 1917, Germany transported 32 dissidents back to Russia hoping to cause problems for the Russian government. Among them were V. I. Lenin and his wife.