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TIL that cannabinoid receptors evolved before the spine
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TIL since 1981, Mexico does not extradite to countries that are seeking the death penalty, and has successfully defended 400 of its citizens charged with a capital offence in the United States.
ADlw4
TIL that during a prohibition new years eve party --Just after midnight on January 1, 1923, federal agents burst into the Chase Hotel’s posh Palm Room for a whiskey raid. Furious party-goers began pummeling the officers --All the while the orchestra kept playing in an effort to drown out the noise.
mmQM
TIL there is a recurring hoax to ban the substance dihydrogen monoxide (or water). Among others, government representatives of New Zealand have expressed support for this ban on more than one occasion.
rRQ0
TIL for Bill Gates’ wedding, to insure his and his wifes privacy for the day of their wedding, Bill rented every hotel room at a hotel and chartered every helicopter close by on the Hawaiian island Lanai.
m1ELv
TIL that following an Asiana airline crash in 2012, a summer intern working at the NTSB "confirmed" the names of the flight crew to a local TV news station as Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk, and Bang Ding Ow. The intern and 3 producers from the station were later fired