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TIL why lawyers say 'attorney at law'. It's to distinguish them from attornies in fact, which is when you give a relative the legal power to make decisions on your behalf. Attorney at law is a legally trained representative who acts for a party.

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rRNby TIL of Regulatory Capture, when a governmental regulatory agency ceases to promote the interest of the public, but instead does the exact opposite by advancing the commercial or political concerns of special interest groups that dominate the industry or sector it is charged with regulating.
Pwrn TIL that in classical Athens, which is considered the place where democracy was born, only 30.000 adult male citizens had a right to vote. Their laws and decisions affected as much as 2,5 million people in the period of Athenian hegemony.
BroXx TIL At one point in August 1971, the Pittsburgh Pirates became the first professional team to field nine players who were either black or Latino. Coincidentally, this was the same year they won the World Series.
DyLg TIL that comic book characters come back to life after dying so often that they are aware of the likely resurrections. Professor X said “in mutant heaven there are no pearly gates, but instead revolving doors.” After one X-Man died, his daughter refused to mourn him because he’d be alive again.
nBA7 TIL there has been a number of long term studies on the possibility of dosing food in radiation as a form of preservation and sterilization. However, while it has been found to be completely safe, there is a large resistance to it because of the negative impression of and confusion over radiation.