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TIL In 2011, the Governor of Tennessee passed a law making it illegal to use someone else’s Netflix account, punishable by a year in jail and a $2500 fine.

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JMnQ TIL that in 1990, the US gov’t authorized sending coca eating caterpillars to Peru to fight the drug problem. Their poop is nearly 100% cocaine.
MlkW TIL a 9000 member indigenous tribe in Guyana is fighting illegal logging of their land by filming the activity with a drone they built by watching DIY videos on YouTube and taking the footage to the Guyanese government.
79yX TIL Madonna attended a performance of ‘Hamilton’ in New York, but she was not invited backstage by Lin-Manuel Miranda afterwards because she was texting during the show.
EgeGP TIL about “Thought Broadcasting”, a type of delusion that centers on the fear that others can hear their thoughts, or that they are not private.
B7Qk TIL Richard Jewell, a security guard at the 1996 summer olympics, saved the lives of hundreds of people when he found a bomb, alerted the police and helped evacuate the area. He was then prime suspect of the FBI and persecuted by the media.