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TIL as a New York resident, you can file online complaints, such as conflicts of interest, against your local judge

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wLYE7 TIL of Charles Carpenter, a US army reconnaissance pilot who got so bored for not seeing enough action he decided to strap bazookas to his plane and would eventually destroy at least six German tanks by war's end.
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