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TIL prior to Hinckley's assassination attempt on Reagan, when a defendant used insanity as a defense the burden was on the prosecution. His acquittal due to insanity led to many wanting the defense abolished. Instead reform occurred putting the burden of proof on the defense to make it harder to use

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yNbJ TIL that there are two related phenomenon of déjà vu with names: jamais vu and presque vu. Jamais vu is, for instance, when a word is repeated so much that it doesn’t seem like a word anymore, and presque vu is when a word is on the tip of your tongue but you can’t think of it.
ORog TIL that in the state of Ohio, an employer does not have to give a break to someone when they are working if they are over 18.
OW5Y TIL that the conspirators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing were caught when one of them tried to reclaim his deposit on the rental van they used to carry the bomb into the parking garage.
E1m9x TIL the 1980 American musical fantasy film Xanadu was the inspiration for the original Golden Raspberry Awards (but it lost to Can't Stop The Music).
V1ZZ TIL that in June 2012, the U.S. town of Boring, Oregon accepted the proposal of Dull, Scotland to “pair” their municipalities, in an effort to promote tourism in both places as a play on their names