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TIL the Supreme Court case which created the "fire in a crowded theater" quote was about draft protesters being arrested, and it was overturned more than 40 years ago.

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DOZp TIL only 13% of Molly seized in NY contained MDMA. The synthetic formula mimics some of the effects but constantly changes to avoid regulation. Any time the gov’t bans a compound, the chemists simply alter the formula with no regard to the effect of its users, targeting 12-17 yr olds as guinea pigs.
nW4lW TIL that Robert Shaw was only 46 years old when he was filmed as Quint for Jaws (1975, filmed 1974). He died of a heart attack only a few years later at 51.
oBnVK TIL that Finland was the first nation in the world that implemented universal suffrage (in 1906) and allowed all adult citizens to run for office, regardless of sex or race, and thus was the first true democracy in the world. The following year, the first female MPs in world history were elected.
gMrgA TIL The first president of Ghana who helped his country gain independence in 1960 was overthrown in a coup in 1966. He lived in exile in Guinea by its leader who made him the honorary co-president of the country
7rMnx TIL that Commodus, a Roman emperor often portrayed in media as vile and cruel, would shoot hundreds of animals with arrows and javelins every morning, and fought as a gladiator every afternoon, winning all the fights. He was strangled by his wrestler partner and declared a public enemy post death.