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TIL that US “Sovereign Citizens” often believe that one side of a court document is civil, and the other side criminal; the side that has a stamp placed on it is considered primary

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RDZ8 TIL In 2010 a man was forced at knife-point to eat his own beard during a dispute over a lawnmower sale.
XvgD TIL that in 2008 in New Jersey, more than 30 officers, including SWAT team members, were engaged in a standoff with a non-responsive supposed bank robber for over an hour before realizing ‘she’ was a cardboard cut-out.
OGAQ4 TIL that thermal expansion of ocean water accounts for 1/3 of sea level rise
wLJRE TIL the Psychedelic Frogfish, first scientifically described in 2009, has a number of colorful, kaleidoscopic stripes arranged in a fingerprint pattern. The fish lives among the similar-appearing coral rubble around Ambon Island, Indonesia where it can hide by crawling into narrow crevices.
Brmde TIL I learned that the idea of "pure blood" stems from the practive of the eucharist, which wasn't common until the 12th century.