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TIL when a witness refuses to answer a question because the answer may incriminate him, the judge may force him to answer anyway if he believes the answer actually would not incriminate him.

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E14Ox TIL Chris Pratt and Anna Faris have a son named Jack. Erica from Friends (played by Anna Faris) had a son named Jack. Andy from Parks and Recs (played by Chris Pratt) also had a son named Jack.
QNxD6 TIL that similar to UFOs (or more recently UAPs), the US Navy has a classification for Unidentified Submerged Objects (USOs). These are usually large unidentified marine animals and have caused more damage to naval vessels than UFOs have to planes.
MeO7A TIL that the originally Irish name prefix “Mc” means “son” and “O’” means “descendant of”
neN1P TIL about, "The Thing." It was an American seal gifted to the American ambassador to Russia. Contained in it was one of the first examples of a passive listening device that was powered by an external radio source. It also hung in his study for 7 years.
KYj9E TIL that Ketchup used to be made without tomatoes.