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TIL that there is a court in England that convenes so rarely, the last time it convened it had to rule on whether it still existed

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1NoD TIL in 2004, the 276 member studio audience of the Oprah Show were each given a Pontiac G-6 sedan. Oprah told producers to fill the crowd with people who “desperately needed” cars. On average each person was slapped with a $6000 tax bill.
pobZ TIL: In 1984, Robert Patrick (T-1000 from Terminator 2: Judgement Day), swam for 3 hours to rescue others after a boating accident on Lake Erie.
VM4pQ TIL that the United States has a law that allows it to attack the International Criminal Court if any of it's officials are detained there.
rNNE0 TIL that Portuguese Man O'Wars can be left or right-handed. The "left-handed" ones sail to the right of the wind, while the "right-handed" ones sail to the left.
4k6mR TIL The majority of explosives tested on Mythbusters were provided for free by bomb squads. The bomb squads found value in treating the experiments as training exercises.