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TIL-John Wesley Hardin shot and killed a man for snoring too loudly in a hotel.

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N7AwM TIL that musical roads - roads where grooves are strategically placed to cause your car to rumble to the sound of a musical tune - can be found in different countries around the world.
9Y1M7 TIL The United States technically has the right for two more votes at the UN which they negotiated with the Soviet Union in return for having Belarus and Ukraine join the UN. The United States never used these votes out of respect for equal representation of all nations on the international stage.
W7p0A TIL: Most people can legally buy a personal commercial airplane such as a Boeing 737 as long as they can afford to pay 10s to 100s of millions of dollars for one.
OoY5a TIL that adolescents who smoke marijuana as early as 14 do worse by 20 on some cognitive tests and drop out of school at a higher rate than non-smokers. But if they hold off until age 17, they're less at risk, and performed equally well as adolescents who did not use cannabis.
RB19 TIL The United States currently has 19 commissioned aircraft carriers. The rest of the world combined also has 19 commissioned aircraft carriers.