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TIL that the Yellowstone Park "Zone of Death" is a legal loophole in a small part of Yellowstone Park. A man was tried for an elk's murder in the Idaho section. The Sixth Amendment guarantees a fair trial by a jury in the area, but no jury can be assembled as nobody lives there, making crimes legal

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69EoY TIL there is a mermaid bar in Montana with an underwater viewing window to watch "mermaids" while you drink
vPYo4 TIL about colloidal suspensions. It is a type of mixture where tiny particles of one substance are evenly dispersed in another substance. The particles are so small that they do not settle to the bottom, but instead stay suspended in the mixture.
oBWVY TIL that Artimus Pyle, the drummer from Lynard Skynard survived a plane crash and walked to a nearby house only to be shot by the homeowner. The homeowner saw a bloody long-haired man and winged him. Pyle survived that as well and made a full recovery.
QNy09 TIL that the woman who sings the iconic "Give it to me baby!" from The Offspring song "Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) went on to voice Asajj Ventress from Star Wars: The Clone Wars
e0GyE TIL that the river-dwelling Mexican Tetra fish is capable of regenerating its heart tissue with no scarring. The genes that are responsible for this, named iirc10 and caveolin, can also be found in humans too. Scientists believe the genes can be activated to regenerate heart tissue in us as well.