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TIL that Elliott Smith's death in 2003 is still inconclusive and the Los Angeles Police Department's investigation into the case remains open

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PYneV TIL The ratio of people using email for fun versus those using it for work has flipped since the 1990s. Many people nowadays dread email "because it is a conduit for unwanted advertising, a wide range of spam, and flat out attempts to scam or ‘phish’ us”
XxEr TIL A law professor discovered a quirk in the law that makes murder technically legal in a 50 sq mile, remote section of Yellowstone National Park. He alerted Congress about the loophole and even wrote draft legislation to close the loophole. Congress has yet to act.
Me9Pm TIL in 1919, the U.S. Army organized a convoy of 81 vehicles from Washington, DC to San Francisco, CA. The trip took 56 travel days, broke 9 vehicles, had 21 casualties and convinced observer Dwight Eisenhower to champion the Interstate Highway System, which he signed into law 37 years later.
xVJn0 TIL There are over 400 million ways of delivering checkmate in the first 5 moves of a chess game.
PYmbE TIL that women who start trying to have kids at age 30 have an infertility rate 2-3 times higher that those who start at age 20.