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yVZZe TIL of tyromancy, the practice of telling fortunes with cheese
rNBxM TIL In some states where public defenders are underfunded, people wait in jail for months because the PD needs more time to prepare. For example in Missouri, prosecutors barely move while PDs who are on their feet all day make $12k less.
9wp5X TIL in 1963 Popular Science magazine advocate an efficient way to dispose of used motor oil, by using a hole filled with gravel. The oil "will be absorbed into the ground before your next (oil) change".
Zbea TIL there was once a fifth suit of playing card - a green eagle for the US market and a blue crown for the British.
v15Z8 TIL of Godiva, who wanted lower taxes. To convince her husband the Earl, she rode her horse naked through the streets. The public was ordered to close their shutters. Tom decided to look and was struck blind. This produced the term "Peeping Tom" as well as the name of the chocolate company Godiva.