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TIL of the Rule in Saunders v. Vaultier. If you are entitled to property in a will but the will-maker directs that you may only be paid upon reaching a certain age, you can demand the money be paid to you forthwith as soon as you are an adult.

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6Ex88 TIL that San Marino is obliged to use Italy's mint, and is forbidden to cultivate tobacco. In exchange for these limitations, Italy provides San Marino an annual stipend of 250 tonnes of sea salt, 40 tonnes of tobacco and 20 tonnes of cigarettes.
Z8XAB TIL that when William Langer, Governor of North Dakota, was convicted of a felony and ordered to be removed from office, he chose instead to declare North Dakota independent, declare martial law, and barricade himself within the Governor's mansion. Two years later, he was re-elected.
wrg7 TIL - The pencils David Letterman uses at his talk show desk have erasers at both ends. This is so no one gets injured when he throws them.
dDe7Z TIL - A paleobiologist said "Our best guess is that the mammal was in the middle of attacking the dinosaur," about a recently found fossil of a mammal biting a dinosaur.
KNB6 TIL"The Christ myth theory" is the theory that Jesus never existed; if he did, he had virtually nothing to do with the founding of Christianity. Central arguments is; the NT has no historical value, no non-Christian references to Jesus from the 1st century exists, and Christianity had mythical roots