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TIL There is such a thing as weekend jail for nonviolent crimes, where you check in on Friday and get released on Sunday

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nex7r TIL Chris Brown is banned from entering Australia, the UK and New Zealand due to his criminal activity
D1rGJ TIL about Michele Mouton, a former French rally driver. After finishing runner-up in the 1982 WRC, she started competing in the infamous and savage Group B, which was later banned after a string of deaths. Mouton retired as a result, and she remains the last woman to compete in top-level rallying.
jNPVR TIL William Faulkner refused a dinner invitation from the White House because he thought it was "a long way to go just to eat."
R7kMl TIL that the word "essential" in "essential oil" doesn't mean "important," but rather "the essence of". So oil of clove smells like clove, capturing the "essence" of the plant, and therefore can be called an essential oil.
9YXdr TIL there are snakes that use popping farts as a defense mechanism (Chihuahuan hook-nosed snake)