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TIL in Texas, the law states two individuals who feel the need to fight can agree to mutual combat through verbal or implied communication and have at it. As long as no “serious” injury occurs and both participants know what degree of risk they are hazarding, it's allowed.

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99L7 TIL that shrimp trawling can waste up to 20 lbs of “other fish” in order to get 1 lbs of shrimp. This is known as Bycatch
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l1EB TIL an Egyptian special forces unit got confused for terrorists while attempting to storm a hijacked plane, 15 were killed by Cypriot forces. 7 years later the unit tried to storm another plane by attaching explosives to it, 56 of the hostages died. The unit was subsequently disbanded.
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