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TIL: The car was considered an environmental hero in urban areas when first developed because of the overwhelming problem of horse poop.

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mOY TIL - apparently there is enough of a problem of court ordered ankle monitors being placed on detachable legs, they have actually created a policy of testing the leg to see if it is real or not before the monitor is put on. This policy is not always followed.
rdxe TIL in August 2001 actor James Woods reported 4 suspicious individuals on his flight. Authorities did not act on his claim and they later turned out to be the 9/11 hijackers.
We9X TIL there are ten million stateless people in the world today, not considered nationals by any country on Earth
e0ll4 TIL in 2001 two deaf men were stabbed in a Florida sports bar when a gang member mistook their sign language for gang signs.
Rd96 TIL as an undergraduate at Harvard, Michael Crichton, author of Jurassic Park, felt his literature professor was giving him unfair grades. To prove it, he plagiarized a work by George Orwell and submitted it as his own. The paper was returned by his professor with a grade of “B-”.