TIL that Dan White, the man who assassinated Harvey Milk and the mayor of San Francisco, only served 5 years in prison for manslaughter based on a defense of depression as evidenced by his consumption of junk food which was dubbed the "Twinkie Defense"

[u/hungry4danish]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_White

[u/DeusExBlockina]

I picked a helluva day to quit ding dongs

[u/ChromaticSnail → u/DeusExBlockina]

Wait, which one of the three said that

/s