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TIL It's extremely rare for the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn one of its own decisions. Of the more than 25,500 decisions handed down by the Supreme Court since its creation in 1789, it has only reversed course 146 times, less than one-half of one percent.

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LQ1x0 TIL that a team from New Zealand built a special, tiny treadmill, to help a kiwi named Ruata rebuild strength in the injured leg.
nP1Y TIL that physicists proved that shooting “granny style” is the absolute best technique to consistently score points on the line, but NBA players refuse to do it because it looks stupid.
e08p5 TIL The lactation consultant from season 6 of The Office is Jenna Fischer's husband in real life
a8DyN TIL Stepwells are wells or ponds with a long corridor of steps that descend to the water level and were created to cope with seasonal fluctuations in water availability in South Asia.
ep0Lb TIL about an expiriment called "the wave" conducted at a highschool in california, that explained why the germans around the Nazis didnt do anything about them murdering and persecuting their neighbors and family during world war 2.