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TIL In 2004, New Zealander Nicholas Clive McAllister was found not guilty of cultivating cannabis plants after the jury deliberated for one minute.

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JY1r4 TIL of the practice of deloping, or "throwing away" your first shot in dueling, giving more meaning to the repeated refrain "I am not throwing away my shot" in the musical "Hamilton"
rROEw TIL that when Ernest Hemingway tried his first daiquiri, he said it was too sweet and asked for double the rum and less sugar. Thus, the Hemingway daiquiri was born.
aVmy TIL welders are not allowed to get MRIs because of the possibility of microscopic metal fragments lodged within their body
ebgD TIL actor and comedian Rob Riggle was a Marine for 23 years, was a lieutenant colonel, and has received a combat award for his service in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Liberia.
KBP6 TIL Ernest Hemingway begged his wife not to send him for more electroshock treatments because he lost so much of his memory he couldn’t even remember his own name. He committed suicide the day after his 36th shock treatment.