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TIL 1.7 million packages are stolen from US porches every day

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yQbVM TIL A Utah woman was allowed to sue herself over a car accident she caused, which killed her husband. She had to give evidence against herself to show that she was a fraudulent driver so she could seek compensation. It was her claim as a widow vs her claim as a motorist.
9KRQ TIL that the British explorer James Cook was so well respected that during the American Revolutionary War, Benjamin Franklin wrote to all American colonial warships that; upon encounter, to give safe passage to his crew and vessel, and to consider them as ‘common friends to mankind’
7rLQb TIL that Winged Tanks were in development during World War II. These tanks would have been dropped to support infantry troops. This concept however was impracticable, and was scrapped after the war.
jNN1X TIL Conan O'Brien required reconstructive surgery on his nose after a street gang, “beat the shit out of [him].” The damage was so severe that, when asked the extent of the damage, Conan’s doctor said, “Broken? Good god, man, it’s a bag of bones!”
Jy48 TIL a popular medieval sport was trying to head-butt a cat to death with your hands tied behind your back