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TIL Pharma Bro Martin Skrelli's $2mil Wu Tang album was seized by US Federal Courts following his fraud conviction

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mxKoy TIL that Owls actually have long legs and small body that is almost the same size as their Skull.
QJQga Today I learned that Canadians say sorry so much that a law had to be passed saying that apologies aren't admissions of guilt.
Z8yRR TIL that your “Miranda Rights” was named after Ernesto Miranda who wasn’t read his rights prior to confessing to a crime. Years later Ernesto was stabbed to death but when a suspect was arrested, unlike Miranda, he exercised his right to remain silent. With no evidence against him, he was released.
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