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TIL In Coeur d’Alene, Idaho if a police officer suspects that the occupants of a vehicle are engaging in sex, he must either honk, or flash his lights and wait for three minutes before approaching the car.

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R5b9j TIL the largest living organism as of June 2022 is a specimen of "Posidonia australis" seagrass (aka Poseidon’s ribbon weed).Spawned from a single seed around 4500 years old and covering approximately 200 square kilometres (77 square miles), the entire plant is connected and shares the same DNA.
E1l0p TIL about the USS Mayflower - the only ship to serve in the Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, and the Israeli Navy.
bkK7 TIL in 1974, The Godfather premiered on NBC over two nights (November 16th and November 18th) from 9pm-11pm. On both nights, at 11pm, New York City’s Municipal Water Authorities had some overflow problems from all the toilets flushing around the same time.
9KK7 TIL Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was one of the first people to propose creating a Panama Canal
e0E1L TIL Bird’s nest soup is considered a delicacy in China. It is made from the nests of birds called swiftlets, who make the nests using their own solidified saliva. These nests are sold at prices up to about $6,6000/kg.