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TIL courtroom tv judges aren’t actually presiding over civil cases. They’re acting as arbitrators over dramatizations of legal cases that are resolved through a form of binding arbitration.

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Ea4V TIL after years spent working on the film “Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan,” screenwriter Robert Towne grew dissatisfied with the production and chose to credit his dog, P.H. Vazak, with the script instead of himself. Vazak went on to become the first dog nominated for an Oscar for screenwriting.
PYnnZ TIL Queen Elizabeth has met 12 US presidents during her reign. Which is over a quarter of all presidents since the United States' inception.
OGPjg TIL A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time. It represents 1/100th of a second
gjx4 TIL There’s a Coke machine on Capitol Hill that has no permits, known owner or operator and yet has remained stock, sometimes with discontinued products, and functioning for years.
ADBLB TIL my dad once removed a wall from his flat without his landlord noticing. He carried the bricks downstairs one by one and threw them onto a construction site next to his flat.