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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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oA1L TIL only 64.4% of American law school graduates are employed at a job that requires a law degree and bar passage.
PYElE TIL that a Louisiana senator proposed the “American Hippo Bill” which would have brought Hippos from Africa to get rid of a invasive species and solve a meat shortage in the United States. The bill nearly passed.
p89kZ TIL of Taylor Mitchell, a 19-year old Canadian Country Folk singer who was killed by coyotes while hiking in 2009. She is the only known adult ever killed by coyotes, and her death shocked wildlife experts and forced them to reassess the threat that coyotes pose to people.
j666R TIL that Ozzy Osbourne was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2003, while The Osbournes was still filming. He allowed people to joke about his symptoms, and attribute them to his previous drug use. He didn't reveal his diagnosis until 2020.
lWEN TIL Alligators will give manatees the right of way if they are swimming near each other.