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TIL that your fingerprint is not protected under the 5th amendment. Therefore police can force you to unlock a phone with fingerprint locks, but not password locks

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OoeQR TIL All of the beaches along the Oregon coast are owned by the state and are free and open to all
Z8Epo TIL Hollywood's current obsession with remakes won't include Back to the Future, says director Robert Zemeckis, at least not while he's alive -- and if he has his way, not when he's dead either. Adding that it "can’t happen until both Bob [Gale] and I are dead." Gale was co-writer on all three films
dDV87 TIL the Faroe Islands has a giant underwater traffic roundabout in a 11km undersea tunnel that connects two of its most populous islands. Called the Jellyfish Roundabout, it features an illuminated rock and sculptures by Tróndur Patursson
e0MRD TIL a Canadian man placed feces in his mouth in order to trick a breathalyzer. It didn't work.
yVb1w TIL Warhol's 'Shot Marilyns' series got its name from performance artist Dorothy Podber asking him if she could shoot the series she saw were stacked in his studio & thinking she meant photograph them, he agreed. She then took a gun from her purse & shot a hole in 4 of the 5 paintings in the series.