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TIL that Eurasian magpies are self aware and highly intelligent, which would explain their organised trolling of my dog on a daily basis

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p8omN TIL the "Clear and Present Danger" doctrine is no longer the standard of discerning when speech is criminal. The current standard is called "Imminent lawless action" and was established by the United States Supreme Court in Brandenburg v. Ohio in 1969.
N7rPb TIL that the term "litterbug" was popularized by Keep America Beautiful, which was created by "beer, beer cans, bottles, soft drinks, candy, cigarettes" manufacturers to shift public debate away from radical legislation to control the amount of waste these companies were (and still are) putting out.
P9oe TIL a plane crashed into the Everglades killing 101 people because the crew was too distracted from changing a light bulb to notice that no one was actually flying the plane
mxRkO TIL only 4% of people are born on the due date
LkOgp TIL that Lisa Kudrow initially played Ursula Buffay in Mad About You and then was cast as Phoebe Buffay in Friends based on that performance, with the producers using it as an opportunity to set the two shows in the same universe.