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TIL a Fort Worth woman hit a homeless man with her car. His body became lodged in her windshield. She drove home. She repeatedly visited the man in her garage and even apologized for hitting him. He died several hours later. She was tried and convicted for murder, receiving a 50 year sentence. (cnn.com)
submitted ago by thebobstu
TIL in 2002, a mid-air collision between a passenger jet and cargo jet took the lives of all 71 people aboard both planes. A man whose family was killed in the collision later stabbed to death the Air Traffic Controller that was on duty at the time of the collision. (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted ago by TheCannon
TIL the phrase "Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day; teach him how to fish, and he'll eat for a lifetime," did not come from an ancient Chinese proverb, the Torah, the Bible, or any other such place. It was coined by Anne Isabella Ritchie, the daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray in 1885. (phrases.org.uk)
submitted ago by FranzJosephWannabe
TIL on September 11, 1857, a wagon train heading through Utah toward California was attacked by a Mormon Militia. The militia had disguised themselves as Indians, but once it was suspected that their cover was blown, the Mormons feigned a truce and slaughtered 120 men, women, and children. (archive.archaeology.org)
submitted ago by TheCannon
TIL that in 1970 due to a wheat production quota dispute between a Farming family in west Australia and the Government, the family declared their land to be independent from Australia and created a legal micro-nation called the Principality of Hutt River which exists till today. (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted ago by hanshotfirstIV
TIL George Washington preferred pot to alcohol (marijuanalibrary.org)
submitted ago by r2m2
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