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TIL It Is Illegal For Cops to Set Up Narcotics Checkpoints (City of Indianapolis v. Edmond), but They Still Put up Signs Warning of them Hoping to Catch Drivers Driving Erratically or Making Illegal U-turns

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WkMVY TIL that Mark Hamill cited his disappointment in the US government's constant state of war as inspiration for Luke Skywalker's hermit personality, as an event in life that can destroy even the most hopeful person's optimism.
XE5Pr TIL Roughly 70 percent of Sicilian businesses pay protection money to the Mafia.
j7dN TIL that the first expedition to successfully climb Mount Everest, attributed to Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, comprised an additional 13 mountaineers, 1 journalist, 20 Sherpa guides and 362 local porters
e0Zl4 TIL that when threatened horned lizards squirt blood from their eye sockets at their enemies, scaring any predator enough for the lizard to escape.
OQL7 TIL A 69 Year Old Alaskan, After Being Attacked By a 750 Pound Bear, Killed It With A Punch So Hard It Broke The Bears Neck.