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TIL that there is NO waiting period for reporting a missing person. The waiting period is a myth that originated from shows and movies.

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9w7Om TIL that both indica and sativa are scientific terms used In classifying rice. With oryza sativa being the plants name and variance indica meaning it comes from India.
ypjX TIL even a blind chameleon can change colors to blend in with its environment.
NXbvN TIL in 1915, a farmer watched his sister make mascara with coal and petroleum jelly and decided he could improve upon the product. He invented a new formula that doesn't cause eye irritation. He named the new company Maybelline after his sister Maybel and the base ingredient Vaseline...
Y7KAB TIL about the St. Patrick's Battalion, a unit in the Mexican American war on the Mexican side. Made up largely of Irish Catholics, it contained a number of other Catholics from around Europe, and elsewhere, as well. Led by Irishman John Riley, the unit had ~700 men at its height.
A8O4 TIL of “canary trapping”, a method for exposing an information leak by giving different versions of a sensitive document to each of several suspects and seeing which version gets leaked.