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TIL Halliburton once tried to patent patenting

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6Eo6Q TIL, in 2014, after Bieber's arrest for DUI, "Deport Justin Bieber and revoke his green card" received almost 275,000 signatures. Petitions with 100,000 signatures require an official White House response. However, the WH's response was, "Sorry to disappoint, but we won't be commenting on this one."
x6gN5 TIL Japan has Professional Apologizers you can hire if you don’t to personally do it yourself
l7RbA TIL Victor Vescovo is the first person to complete the "Explorers' Extreme Trifecta" of land, sea & air by: summiting Mount Everest (the highest point on Earth), diving to the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench (the deepest point on Earth), & entering space (crossing the 100-km-high Kármán Line).
Bg7wx TIL When President Macias of Equatorial Guinea was overthrown in 1979, the army couldn’t find him. He was discovered 2 weeks later by a villager, wandering through the Jungle, alone and delirious with the entire country’s foreign currency reserves in 2 suitcases.
JYXQl TIL that, compared to other dog breeds, pit bull terriers "inflict more complex wounds" due to the shape of their mouth and teeth, which is what makes their bites more difficult to treat.