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TIL Bagpipes were considered weapons of war up until 1996

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0dY5j TIL that Sarah T. Hughes, the only female judge to swear in a President (Lyndon Johnson), worked as an unarmed police officer as she attended law school at George Washington University Law School. While there, she lived in a tent home on the Potomac river and used a canoe to commute to school
E9j7 TIL it cost $7 million per day to operate the newest class of US Aircraft Carriers, the Gerald R. Ford Class.
dylE TIL: You can’t get a US passport if you owe more than $2,500 in child support in any US state.
78YKp TIL Pigs can solve video game puzzles by using a joystick with their snouts.
Ka6B TIL a Greenland shark was tagged off Greenland in 1936 and recaptured in 1952. Its measurements suggest that Greenland sharks grow at a rate of 0.5–1 cm (0.2–0.4 in) per year, thus the largest individuals may live about 200 years, making them among the longest-lived vertebrates on Earth.