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TIL that media sensationalizes the 24-48 hour waiting period to report a missing person. In real life this doesn’t exist and the missing person can be reported immediately.

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worbJ TIL The Last Of Us accidentally contains an IRL phone number, that leads directly to an adult hotline service
amWo TIL that Albert Einstein wrote an essay about how our politicians and media only represent the interests of the top 1% and how they use misinformation to prevent citizens from coming to objective conclusions or making intelligent use of their political rights.
d8g5B TIL the term "robot" used to mean the compulsory labor of serfs, and the word "patent" used do mean "decree". Therefore, when the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II abolished serfdom, the decrees got to be called "robot patent" in English
JYMRB TIL of Mr Prawo Jazdy who committed more than 50 traffic offenses and was known to be the worst driving offender in Ireland. An investigation uncovered the fact that Prawo Jazdy is the Polish term for "Driving License"
M7m8W TIL that Alexander Hamilton, quite the dueling enthusiast, paid hush money in America’s first political sex scandal, nearly dueled James Monroe over it, only to have that duel broken up by Aaron Burr, whom he had also dueled multiple times.