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TIL the guy who did the voice of McGruff the Crime Dog was sentenced to 16 years in prison for weed and ammo

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EgmrV TIL the phenomena of a jubilee where sea life rise close to the surface resulting in easy fishing only happens in two places....Tokyo Bay and Mobile Bay in Alabama
loyxB TIL that asbestos is not banned in the United States. A proposed ban was shot down by the 5th circuit court in 1991 because the cost was between $450 and $800 million and would only save around "200 lives in a 13 year timeframe".
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LdPZ TIL Hugh Trenchard, a British soldier in the Boer War, was shot in the chest and spine, becoming partially paralyzed. He took up bobsledding as a hobby, and after a major accident regained use of his legs.
b6gv7 TIL that Gretchen Weiners' "We should totally just STAB CEASAR!" monologue from "Mean Girls" is just a re-working of Cassius' lines from the original play. Act 1, Scene 2, lines 135-161