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TIL "Trial by combat" has never been abolished in the United States and is still technically valid by US law

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KYgnQ TIL there is a US District (Federal) Courthouse located within Yosemite National Park commonly called the Yosemite Federal Courthouse. The Court handles citations by rangers covering infractions like removing wildlife, improper weapon possession, drunk in public and unlawful hunting.
R5WB4 TIL A world renowned anti-doping expert got fired as a university professor after he secretly recorded people with a video camera hidden inside a toolbox in a storage room used as a change room on campus. It went on for three months and involved four women—two of whom were changing
j6ebp TIL that the us military trained pilots over the Great Lakes.
d89Rj TIL that in 2018, a man ruptured his throat by trying to trap a high-force sneeze. With nowhere to escape, the pressure ripped through the soft tissue in his neck. Trapping a sneeze could also damage the ears or even rupture a brain aneurysm.
jYAM TIL there is a 3,200 km long sea without a coastline in the middle of the ocean, and it is warmer and clearer than the surrounding ocean water