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TIL most US drinkers underestimate the minimum DUI fine and jail time penalty in their state, which may make them more likely to drive under the influence

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M5Ma TIL of the ADE 651, a fake bomb detector consisting a swivelling antenna mounted via a hinge to a plastic handgrip, requiring no battery, and supposedly charged by the user’s static electricity. It sold for $60,000 until its creator was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for fraud.
rQW TIL: The Surgeon General of the United States of America is obese.
neW5B TIL We Live Closer to the Time of Tyrannosaurus Rex than They Lived to Stegosaurus. 65 Million Years Separate Us from T-Rex Whilst 83 Million Years Separate T-Rex From Stegosaurus
KY914 TIL: Rock band Limp Bizkit played on the World Trade Center and received a Thank You letter from the WTC on Sept 10, 2001.
wLeZW TIL Stephen Hawking was rumored to run over the toes of people he didn't like with his wheelchair. Hawking denied it saying "A malicious rumor. I'll run over anyone who repeats it".