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TIL that the Fourth Amendment (illegal search and seizures) of the US Constitution does not apply in a 100 mile band around all US borders

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JJbV TIL that Argentinian special forces tried to destroy a UK ship during the Falklands War, but were foiled by a rental car salesperson.
mxxKo TIL DAT was intended as a replacement for cassette tapes but was never adopted by the recording industry due to concerns over consumers being able to make high-quality tape copies
jN1Ma TIL that the IKEA effect is an actual cognitive bias in which consumers place more value on products they themselves created at least partially.
7rXr TIL the US sailor kissing the nurse in the WWII photo taken in time square to celebrate the end of the war, was on a date with another women when he grabbed the stranger and the photo was taken. The other woman still married him
E1xkx TIL that half of the 12 men who've walked on the moon still are alive, youngest is Charles Duke at 82, oldest is Buzz Aldrin at 87.