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TIL during Young Thugs 2022 RICO trial, a juror had to write a 30 page essay on the importance of jury duty as punishment for visiting the DR instead of showing up

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woyn6 TIL the Canadian Government once approved a plan to extract oil from the Alberta oilsands using nukes, and the project only died because public opinion on nuclear devices soured after the Cuban Missile Crisis.
9YRpX TIL During WW2, the US created information material for its white soldiers about to be stationed in Britain, warning them that they would have to cope with black soldiers joining them in pubs. "It might not happen at home, but the point is, we are not at home".
QNdV6 TIL Walt Disney brought live animals to the studio for more realistic animation of the movie Bambi
5R1n TIL nylon gets its name from where it was first developed: New York and London.
J1npB TIL 10-20% of the world's population have allergies to cats or dogs. Even other animals, such as rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, ferrets and horses, can cause allergy symptoms.