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TIL, the FBI once circulated to police departments, people who make frequent reference to the U.S. Constitution or the Bill of Rights may be terrorists

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p8Jl4 TIL Germany has its own semi-equivalent of American "sovereign citizens", who consider themselves citizens of a surviving Nazi German government-in-exile, and as such not subject to the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany.
wLokW TIL when most species of marine mammals are asleep, there is always one hemisphere of their brain that is awake. This allows dolphins, for example, to swim and surface to breathe when they are sleeping. They enjoy the benefits of sleep but still perform many of the same processes done when awake.
x6vW5 TIL Diogenes was a Greek philosopher who was known for living in a ceramic jar, disrupting Plato's lessons by eating loudly, urinating on people who insulted him, and pointing his middle finger at random people.
KO104 TIL about the Body Worlds exhibit in London, where they preserve bodies via plastination so you can see muscles, veins and more
KmKG TIL the Great Wall of China was built using sticky rice, creating a super-strong mortar that remains the best available material for restoring ancient buildings to this day.