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TIL recent US court cases have found that IP addresses alone are not sufficient to ID someone

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gMO54 TIL In 1994, the KKK applied to sponsor a section of the Interstate 55 highway near St. Louis, Missouri. The Supreme Court ruled the state could not refuse the KKK's sponsorship. But the state of Missouri took revenge by renaming the entire stretch of highway the "Rosa Parks Freeway."
jNd0Q TIL that with over 13 sextillion made as of 2018, the Metal-Oxide-Silicon Transistor is the most widely manufactured device of all time.
5Ya8r TIL, In 1996 movie Evita, Madonna & Antonio Banderas were seen talking, arguing and dancing together. In historical events, Eva Peron & Che Guevara never met in real life.
jNdDX TIL of Eva Kotchever, a Polish-Jewish lesbian émigré. Operating a lesbian tearoom in New York City, she ran afoul of the law and was deported. She died at Auschwitz.
aWKL TIL that USMC Scout Sniper training includes having to move within 200 yards of an observation post and shoot at it twice without being spotted, the second shot with an indicator within 10 yards of the sniper. To pass the course you have to remain unseen at least twice.