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TIL Ohio & Minnesota have special license plates for DUI offenders

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LkaBZ TIL about Stuckie the coon hound that in 1960 chased a racoon 28 feet up inside the hollow trunk of a tree, then got stuck up there until loggers cut the tree down in 1980. He was mummified and almost perfectly preserved due to the tannins in the tree and inaccessibility to predators.
p8bnZ TIL the US Navy conducted mock air attacks by aircraft carrier on Pearl Harbor in 1932 and 1938. In both exercises the attacks were successful, demonstrating the importance of air power over battleships. Both exercises were ignored by the US Navy but were studied carefully by the IJN.
OGa0e TIL this hotel is a self-declared republic in New Zealand, whose past presidents include a goat and a poodle
gV9 TIL that the Malaysian “Assassin Bug” not only kills and eats its victims, but also wears its victims corpses on its body as part of its suit of armor.
O7bL TIL The first “picture” of Halley’s comet can be seen on the Bayeux tapestry which was possibly completed in 1077