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TIL That your AAA membership card can be used as an arrest bond up to $1000 for minor traffic violations

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jDdv TIL that Stan Lee’s eyesight has deteriorated to the point where he can no longer read comic books.
VwyQ TIL that Wild Bill Hickok always had a personal rule to never play poker with his back facing the door. The one time he did, he was shot in the back of the head and killed.
5l5k TIL China banned Avatar in 2D because the idea of people siding with an indigenous population against an imperialistic force is something that the government was not comfortable with. The 3D version was not banned because there were very few theaters that had that support.
gMOLD TIL In 1996, Taco Bell duped people when it announced it had agreed to purchase Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell and intended to rename it the Taco Liberty Bell
v1nYK TIL In order to gather private data for use in an investigation, officers usually need a warrant. To bypass these rules, The Secret Service bought the location data they needed from a private company. Private companies are allowed to collect data from individuals and sell it to anybody they want