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TIL Full Metal Jacket was filmed entirely in England

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ANRaw TIL Galaxies are very flat. The length to width ratio of the Milky Way is about 60:1, roughly comparable to a chopstick
Bg6Vy TIL over half of the states in the US impose a strict mandatory retirement age on their state’s Supreme Court, with age 70 being required for 18 of them
4YkN TIL that Bank of America mistakenly foreclosed a couple (Warren and Maureen Nyerges), who sued and won a judgment for $2500 in Legal expenses. While bank didn’t pay the couple showed up at the bank with a moving company, a deputy, and a writ allowing them to start seizing furniture and cash
wLjgP TIL There is no age limit to be the House Speaker, you just have to be a US Citizen to be 3rd in the line of succession.
l7Mr TIL a scumbag is a used condom