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TIL that until the 1967 Supreme Court case In re Gault, juveniles accused of crimes in the US did not have the same due process rights as adults. The case involved a 16 year-old sentenced to 6 years in juvenile detention for a prank call, a crime for which adults had a maximum sentence of 2 months.

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XEn06 TIL in 2014, rollercoaster thrill-seekers were showered in blood after the ride decapitated a deer which ran onto the tracks. The Ultimate, the 2nd longest in the world at 7,442 ft / 1.4 miles, mostly hugs the hilly land at ground level, this was the second deer death (Yorkshire, England)
9AnQ TIL That There Are 100 Trillion Good Bacterias Living In Human Body
MeNb7 TIL that in the 1950s, people attempting to get discharged from the Army for homosexuality, as had become common during the draft, had to pass a 'gag reflex test.' No gag reflex, youre free to go
e0yDJ TIL Korean actress Cho Yeo-jeong, known as Ms.Park in Parasite, starred in a sex comedy when most young Korean actresses stay away from nude scenes as much as possible. Despite the collective concerns that she was "going nude too often," she chose another period thriller with explicit sex scenes
kOjeE TIL that NASA first confirmed the existence of water on Mars in 2008, when the Phoenix lander became the first man-made object to touch and sample true water on Mars.