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TIL that in the UK, restaurants MUST supply free tap water if they serve alcohol.

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RMn9 TIL Greyhounds have a 270-degree range of vision. They can see objects behind them and over ½ mile in front of them.
vPdMj TIL a guy dressed as Santa Claus in 1927 caused the biggest manhunt ever in Texas by robbing a bank. AND there use to be a $5k reward for civilians at the time for shooting a bank robber dead which meant over 100 people turned up to shoot Santa.
Lkn0d TIL of George Remus, who after being released from jail for bootlegging, murdered his estranged wife in broad daylight. She had stolen his fortune and attempted to have him killed after running off with a corrupt federal agent. He was acquitted by a jury after only 19 minutes of deliberation.
l77AG TIL that a frequently-posted image claiming that a woodpecker’s brain is protected by their tongue wrapping around their brain, isn’t true. It’s simply because their brain is so small, that the decelerations involved in pecking don’t cause brain damage.
eAJn TIL in 1779 US Captain John Paul Jones was engaged in battle with the royal Navy with a burning sinking ship he did not surrender and hours later jumped onto the British ship and took it over.