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TIL a Kentucky sheriff deputy had 2 sons die in separate car accidents on the same night. He drove by the second crash after leaving the first one not knowing he had another son in the second crash.

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LkRVd TIL that a case decided in California in 1974 cited the Magna Carta (1215) in it's opinion. The Supreme Court of California used the document to interpreted a requirement in common law that a defendant faced with incarceration be entitled to a trial overseen by a legally trained judge.
X0LDR TIL the Belgian passport has pictures of Tintin, The Smurfs and Lucky Luke.
BrQvr TIL about the Rhinoceros Party of Canada (1963–93) is a registered political party with a primal promise, "a promise to keep none of our promises" they then promised outlandishly impossible schemes designed to amuse and entertain the voting public
WkdW4 TIL that capsaicin, the element that gives peppers their spiciness, doesn't affect birds.
WMA8 TIL: The first non stop Atlantic flight was by two British airman in 1919, it is almost forgotten about.