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TIL the federal courts publish the outcome of every bankruptcy case in a free public database. The government's own data shows 48% of Chapter 13 cases get dismissed, and in some districts it's over 90%.

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47VX TIL privacy is different from secrecy. I know what you do in the bathroom, but you still close the door. That’s because you want privacy, not secrecy
ANklg TIL: Snoop dogg has a full time blunt roller and has the perks of free food, weed and clothes.
QJxRX TIL that the "Immortals" name given to the elite army of the Achaemid Empire is due to the fact that every dead or wounded Immortal was immediately replaced by another and that they all wore the same mask, which gave the illusion that it was always the same soldiers coming back.
eprG4 TIL there's an abandoned L1011 Tristar on a random beach in Benin. It isn't clear why or how it got there. The interior is well preserved and someone still cleans it.
B6ek TIL the Back To The Future producers regretted ending the first film with Jennifer in the car, because it required them to come up with a story that fit her in rather than a whole new adventure