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Til of the Beagle Brigade - a team of beagles and their handles whose role is to protect the United States by inspecting luggage that may contain illegal agricultural products and averages over 75,000 seizures annually.

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neQMY TIL in 1907 the US Supreme Court ruled that "a woman is not a person", barring a woman from practicing law. That same year, a woman arrested for drunkenness argued, and won her case, that she could not be charged because she was not a person and therefore not held accountable to the law.
xVgvB TIL that moths are attracted to light because they base their navigation on their position relative to a light source.
Br90d TIL that in 1965 the Roman Catholic Church, under Pope Paul VI issued the declaration "Nostra Aetate" which repudiated the theological position of "Jewish Deicide" which claims that all Jewish people, past, present, and future share an inherited guilt for the Crucifixion and murder of Jesus Christ.
Np5b TIL when Samuel Wallis and his crew discovered Tahiti, they were given a friendly welcome. The relationships became particularly friendly when the sailors discovered that the women were eager to exchange sex for iron nails. This trade became so extensive that the loss of nails destroyed the ship
EgyRX TIL The Rock created The People’s Elbow in an attempt to get The Undertaker to break character