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TIL that Billy Madison was shot entirely in Canada

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ANPEB TIL that human bones can be replaced by prosthetic ones. A common bone replacement procedure is hip replacement. It is mostly done for old adults above 60 who suffer from damaged hip joint.
X0ZJP TIL of the Rule in Saunders v. Vaultier. If you are entitled to property in a will but the will-maker directs that you may only be paid upon reaching a certain age, you can demand the money be paid to you forthwith as soon as you are an adult.
nWlKY TIL Italian poet Dante Alighieri, author of the Divine Comedy who was exiled and sentenced to death by political rivals in Florence, was posthumously exonerated in May of 2021 at a virtual hearing in Florence.
d8YWj TIL During the American Revolution, a Virginian Officer named Charles Lynch became so famous for hanging Loyalist they called it Lynches Law. Thus, the act of hanging a Tory became known as lynching.
Pleg TIL the people of Ancient Rome had a toilet god