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TIL Branches of the U.S. government are supposed to balance each others’ power

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Xg56 TIL 40% of police officers’ families in the United States have experienced domestic violence, compared to 10% of the general population.
QNbZ9 TIL in the original pitch for Star Trek, Spock was described as "probably half Martian". It was later changed to half Vulcan because Gene Roddenberry thought humans might actually walk on Mars while the show was still running.
9YQPX TIL of the Eternal Flame Falls, in Chestnut Ridge, NY. A naturally occurring gas seep feeds a flame in the heart of the waterfall
0ypM TIL: in 2008 Mississippi, a lady attempted to sell her granddaughter for $2,000 and a car. Police could not charge her or her daughter, the child’s mother, with selling the child because in Mississippi, the practice is legal.
QZWe TIL below the huge Moscow metro system, there is another secret system called Metro 2, closed off to the public and reportedly connects several giant bunkers and underground cities.