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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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b9neE TIL that the number 8 is such a lucky number in China that the Chinese government scheduled the Beijing Olympics to begin 8 seconds after 8:08 on 8/8/2008.
P0wG TIL Stanislav Petrov holds the title as “The man who saved the world” after stopping all out nuclear war
ymLp TIL to avoid the appearance of nepotism as the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola, Nicolas Coppola changed his name to Nicolas Cage, inspired by the Marvel Comics superhero Luke Cage
MeeY0 The cat as the witch’s familiar in the 17th century, woodcut. Mary Evans Picture Library From the 12th century onward there were…
rRZ8d TIL about zombie taxa. A zombie taxon is a fossil specimen that somehow gets washed out and re-deposited into much younger rock, making it seem like the animal was walking around long after it had gone extinct.