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TIL that being in international waters does not make you immune to prosecution

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OoMyL TIL the classic bald eagle screech sound effect we hear in most movies and tv shows is actually the sound of a red tailed hawk screech dubbed over. Bald Eagles make more of a little cackling type of a laugh sound.
AJe4 TIL There’s a Service called PotatoParcel that Sends a Message on a Potato to Anyone in the US
D1Bep TIL that Saint Lawrence was executed by being burned alive on a giant gridiron. After being burned for some time, he said "I'm well done on this side. Turn me over!" He is the patron saint of cooks and comedians.
epdE6 TIL The world's first Tokamak fusion reactor will start producing deuterium and tritium plasmas in the 2030s, and just the initial experimental trials will consume the totality of the world's tritium supply, most of which comes from Canada, or Canadian-designed CANDU reactors abroad.
7kxP TIL for those of you that buy glasses online, yet your optometrist refuses to give you your PD (Pupilary Distance), there is a federal law that says that they must give that information to you