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TIL that the Supreme Court says ignorance of the law is no excuse - unless you’re a cop.

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oE7E TIL, the Beastie Boys began as a hardcore punk band as a joke and mimicked their name after the Angry Samoans. They opened up for the Bad Brains and the Circle Jerks before shifting into a hip-hop sound
9wJvG TIL Johnny Depp was the first person to hear Glass Animals' #1 Billboard hit "Heat Waves". Lead singer Dave Bayley was writing it late at night in a London studio when Depp, working in another studio, snuck into the room while searching for the restroom and listened to the entire unreleased track.
QLNX TIL - In 1913, 73 people (59 of which were children) were trampled when someone falsely yelled “Fire!” at a crowded Christmas party for striking mine workers. 8 people swore under oath it was an anti-union organizer who yelled it.
neReG TIL Peter Piper and his pickled peppers are actually from an 1836 book to help children with their pronunciation. There's a rhyme for each letter.
MePYK TIL that the common cultivated strawberry does not occur in nature. It is a hybrid of the Virginia wild strawberry and the Chilean beach strawberry, invented in France in the 18th century.