TIL Venus flytraps only occur naturally within a 75-mile radius around Wilmington, North Carolina. The North Carolina Plant Conservation Program lists the Venus flytrap as a species of Special Concern-Vulnerable in North Carolina, and poaching of this plant became a felony in 2014. by whatilearned May 21, 2022, 6:40 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
8 Comments TIL in Wisconsin your first DUI is only a civil offence. and not a felony until your fourth. by whatilearned March 21, 2022, 5:20 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL Dennis Hastert, former Speak of the House, pled guilty to structuring felony and was imprisoned for 13 months. Hastert is the highest-ranking elected official in U.S. history to serve a prison sentence and during his sentencing hearing the judge referred to Hastert as a “serial child molester” by whatilearned March 8, 2022, 7:30 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
14 Comments TIL that unauthorized use of Smokey the Bear (mascot of the US Forest Service, “only you can prevent forest fires”) is a federal felony punishable by prison time. by whatilearned January 27, 2022, 5:14 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
32 Comments (Serious) You get to make one new thing a felony. What is it? by QuestionGuy January 23, 2022, 2:15 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
12 Comments TIL from a 1848 law, it’s a felony in the UK to “imagine deposing the Queen” punishable by lifetime imprisonment. by whatilearned November 21, 2021, 9:04 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
4 Comments TIL until the Anatomy Act of 1832 (UK) there weren’t enough corpses for medical schools and body snatching proliferated to a point grieving families had to guard graves after burial. Robbers didn’t steal jewelry/clothes as that was a felony punishable by death/transportation; a body was only a fine. by whatilearned November 3, 2021, 3:36 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
4 Comments TIL that medical examiners and coroners determine the cause of death. Medical examiners are medically trained but coroners aren’t required to be medically trained. In many states, you only have to be of legal age and have no felony convictions to be elected coroner. by whatilearned October 28, 2021, 9:16 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
37 Comments Should false rape accusers, whom are proven to lie or fake evidences, be considered a felony and punished with the same amount of jail time the victim suffer? Why or why not? by QuestionGuy August 25, 2021, 9:07 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
11 Comments Why can’t we normalize hiring non violent, non sexual felony offenders for jobs they are otherwise qualified for? by QuestionGuy August 11, 2021, 10:44 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
13 Comments How is someone with a felony (charge or conviction) supposed to better themselves if livable wage jobs require federal background checks and they get denied employment cause of it? Doesn’t this result in poverty and demonized by society which leads them back to life of crime to support? by QuestionGuy July 6, 2021, 9:11 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
15 Comments A woman found out 20 years later she was charged with felony embezzlement after not returning a vhs tape of Sabrina the teenage witch in 1999. If this happened to you, what would be the vhs tape you would have never returned? by QuestionGuy April 27, 2021, 4:51 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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