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TIL There is a biker gang in Arizona that protects children from their child abusers in court, at home and on the streets while the abuser is being prosecuted.

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xlp7 TIL that the band “Eagles” sued a nonprofit eagle preservation organization for the use of the word “Eagles”.
neAgP TIL the UAE has experimented with literal rainmaking since 2011, called cloud seeding, attempting to increase its sparse average rainfall and decrease its hot summer temperatures. Drones add silver iodide and electrical charges to existing clouds to clump them together and increase precipitation.
0d9XL TIL The center point of the USA is ~20 miles (32 km) north of Belle Fourche, South Dakota. If it weren't for Hawaii and Alaska, it'd be ~ 2.6 miles (4.2 km) northwest of the center of Lebanon, Kensas
9wWrm TIL: National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is the oldest civil rights organization in the country. It was found in 1880 and is older than NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
nWGXo TIL The Prohibition Party, who advocated for the banning of alcohol in the 1920s, is still active, making them the oldest active third party in American history.