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TIL US you do not actually have the right to a trial by jury unless the sentence is greater than 6 months

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gML4X TIL: Before being a comedian, Burt Kreischer was featured in Rolling Stone for being a prolific 25 year old student partier at FSU and is thought to be the inspiration for Van Wilder.
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