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TIL When the Court of Appeals found it illegal for the US Government to compel Microsoft to hand overseas data over, the US Government passed a new law making it legal and reissued the warrant

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j68pp TIL about a documentary called Titicut Follies, directed by Frederick Wiseman. The documentary took a look at the conditions inside Bridgewater State Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Massachusetts. In 1967, a judge issued an injunction that prohibited the film from being shown to the public.
d81ar TIL the largest print photograph ever was created by using an airplane hangar as a pinhole camera. The finished print was more than 3,500 sq. feet
kMQ5 TIL Violets can be smelled for only a few moments at a time because they get their scent from ionine which shuts the smell receptors off after simulating them. After a few breaths the scent pops up again but the brain registers it as a new stimulus. So everytime you smell a violet is a first time.
MX9K TIL that John L. Sullivan, the fighter from the overly manly man meme, fought in a bare-knuckle boxing match that lasted 75 rounds before he won
epRb4 TIL US Credit Card Balances Surpass $1 Trillion for the First Time