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TIL that sobriety checkpoints are illegal in Texas under the state’s interpretation of the federal Constitution

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Wy6X TIL that when William Jennens died with no will, his descendants sued each other for the inheritance. The court battle lasted 130 years and ended when the lawyers had exhausted the fortune.
pjYA TIL Concerned about the number of cobras in Delhi, British colonial officials created a bounty, only to discover secret cobra farms created to collect the bounty. When the officials shut down the program the farms released their snakes, meaning they had far more cobras than before they started.
R7aJ7 TIL the European Union paid €360,000 for a report on the effects of piracy, then hid the report, as it suggested that piracy was generally harmless.
wA97 TIL every Rubik’s Cube can be solved within 20 moves.
neLeW TIL, The first recorded car accident occured in Ohio City in 1891. The driver was James William Lambert, he lost control of the vehicle because he hit a tree root and smashed into a hitching post.