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TIL that American courts have begun citing Urban Dictionary to clarify slang terms whose meanings are important to the outcome of court cases, such as to “jack” meaning to steal

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kJVRW TIL America’s Loneliness Epidemic: Nearly 40 MILLION American adults now live alone and they are 64% more likely to be depressed than their peers
DoED TIL several studies suggest Americans consistently over report how much they attend religious services – and actually attend just slightly more than the British and Germans
L8Dd TIL: In 2013, two judges were arrested for sending countless teens to juvenile private prisons in return for roughly 2.6 million dollars.
xVw90 TIL that Sultans of the Ottoman Empire immediately executed all their brothers as soon as they took the throne. One Sultan, Mehmed III, had all 19 of his brothers executed and buried alongside their father
GYpVQ TIL on the upper floors of the 2700-ft Burj Khalifa skyscraper, the sun is still seen for several minutes after it has set at ground level. Dubai clerics have ruled that residents above the 80th floor should wait 2 additional minutes to break their Ramadan fast, and those above the 150th, 3 minutes.