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TIL one of the main reasons why double jeopardy laws were overturned in England & Wales was to ensure that the murderers of Stephen Lawrence were brought to justice. The overturn meant that you can now be brought to trial again for murder in light of substantial new evidence.

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LQPbP TIL an Indian man who fell in love with a woman he shared glances with on a train went to great lengths to grab her attention. He made a Youtube short film dramatizing the event, planted posters throughout town, and worn the exact same clothes he did when he saw her, hoping she would take notice.
VjaD TIL in a 1980s Nike commercial, a Kenyan tribesman’s words were translated as “Just Do It”; however, American anthropologist Lee Cronk alerted Nike that the Kenyan really said, “I don’t want these. Give me big shoes.” Nike responded back saying “We thought nobody in America would know what he said.”
mmEM TIL that an atomic bomb cameraman ripped his safety goggles a split second before the bomb exploded. He immediately covered his eyes with his hand and saw his hand’s bones through his closed eyelids just like in an X-ray.
l8A7 TIL that 14-year-old Kurt Cobain announced to a schoolmate that he’d be a superstar musician, get rich and famous, kill himself and go out in a blaze of glory like Jimi Hendrix
v1XZ7 TIL an actor was hired to play John Lennon in a 1985 bio pic but then fired because he had the same name, Mark Chapman, as Lennon’s killer