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TIL: Cops can keep anything they seize, even if you are proven innocent. (In certain states)

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P1Y1n TIL in 1950 the Boyscouts of America ran a 40th anniversary campaign called "Strengthen the Arm of Liberty" where they sent ~200 copper replicas of the Statue of Liberty around the US. Despite being over 8' tall and weighing 260lb, many have been lost and now only ~100 can be accounted for.
XEyd8 TIL Jackie Chan is actually a trained opera singer and has recorded over 20 albums with over 100 songs in over 5 different languages. In the 80’s, he would sing the theme songs to his films over the closing credits. In 1984, he won the Best Foreign Singer Award in Japan
RlW7 TIL Andre Agassi played a Davis Cup match in 1992 wearing a pair of Oakley sunglasses to hide the fact that he was hungover from the previous night’s drinking. Jim Jannard of Oakley then sent him a new Dodge Viper to thank him for the endorsement.
ZpWba TIL that author Len Deighton is also an expert chef and artist. In the 1960s his "cookstrips", simple recipes in cartoon form, appeared in newspapers. When they were collected in books, Deighton in 1965 became a best-selling author of spy novels and cookbooks at the same time.
neyOG TIL Sana Amanat, born into a Pakistani family, co-created Marvel's first solo series to feature a Muslim female superhero, Ms. Marvel. Growing up, she often saw women who were blonde and white idolized in society while Muslims were often demonized and she wished to become a pretty white girl