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TIL OF SLAPP suits, frivolous lawsuits designed to suppress free speech by burdening people with legal fees

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Rm5Q TIL A Higher Tax Bracket Means That Only the Income That Falls in That Tax Bracket is Taxed at the Higher Rate
LkgV0 TIL that the Russian space agency decided to turn an old space suit into a satellite. The result looked like an astronaut stranded in outer space.
rNVp0 TIL Canadian pro wrestlers held a 12-man battle royal in 1999 to determine the leader of a satirical political party
R5Lw4 TIL of "Belle Chase John Doe", an unidentified 17-year-old suicide victim whose note requested that the police make no attempt to identify him. All records and information on the case was lost during a hurricane.
b6kDa TIL that during WWII, the U.S. Army designed a grenade to be the same size and weight as a baseball, making it easier for American soldiers to throw.