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TIL that the background check for positions in the White House asks if you have ever been "suspected" of breaking the law

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kZj5 TIL of the Eilean Mor Lighthouse Mystery. All three Lighthouse keepers on a remote island vanished. The logs found reference a brutal storm that lasted days, even though a neighboring island that had view of the Lighthouse reported calm weather.
E1Law Today I learned Buffalo is a complete sentence, no matter how many times it is in a sentence, from 1 to infinity....
V69G TIL: When the mummified body of Ramses II was transported in 1974, it was issued an Egyptian passport, which listed his occupation as “King (deceased).”
bej9 TIL Kowloon Walled City once existed in Hong Kong with an estimated population density of 3,250,000 people per square mile. No laws or rules governed the city and had the highest rates of prostitution, gambling, and drug use. Video documentary in comments.
KYrRG TIL there are three types of tears: basal, reflex, and psychic. Psychic tears, produced when we're sad, contain leucine enkephalin, a natural painkiller that helps us feel better.