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TIL that trial by combat may still be legal in much of the United States, having never been explicitly repealed.

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ne0Gd TIL: The most commonly used passwords around the world are 123456. 123456789. qwerty. password. 111111. 12345678. abc123.
6O5X TIL of a kakistocracy: a state or country run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens. The word was first coined by English author Thomas Love Peacock in 1829, but was rarely used until the 21st century.
VMWX0 TIL The FBI’s Indian Country program includes over 140 special agents and 40 victim specialists in 36 field offices. Indeed, 33% of all FBI victim specialists and 50% of all FBI child and adolescent forensic interviewers work directly with victims and families on more than 200 Indian reservations.
nBNB TIL a man mailed 100 companies asking for free stuff, dubbing it “The $39 Experiment.”
0w0w1 TIL China has often complained that Nobel science prize selection boards have long favored Chinese winners only when they aren’t citizens. Chinese born Yang Chen Ning and Andrew Yao shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957 but established their careers in the US