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TIL Students at Columbia College are required to pass a swimming test before receiving their diploma, in addition to its rigorous Core Curriculum

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Q8K9 TIL Under civil forfeiture, police departments are seizing property such as phones, money, cars and homes from Americans who haven’t been convicted of wrongdoing, with almost no constitutional protection.
eOED TIL that the NFL refuses to broadcast games within a 75 mile radius of the home team’s stadium, unless the stadium sells out 72 hours before the game.
bBLQ TIL 80% of lightning strike victims are male.
Y7pDx TIL that birds, despite not being mammals, have navels. In chickens, navel quality is considered an indicator of chick quality and of the level of care that was taken with the eggs during incubation.