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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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JD8Q TIL The worst breach of U.S. military computers in history happened when someone picked up a memory stick they found in the parking lot and plugged it into their computer, which was attached to United States Central Command.
rR7Rx TIL Ladybugs are highly promiscuous cannibals and were found to have the first known case of STDs in insects
4Gxg TIL that popcorn became the default movie goer snack during the great depression when vendors saw an opportunity to sell a cheap snack.
b9eY4 TIL “Hitchen’s razor”, the concept that something asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence, predates Christopher Hitchens by hundreds of years.
OGP67 TIL men and women share the same key symptoms during heart attacks. It is actually a myth that they are substantially different.