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TIL the only wedding ceremony of a president serving in the White House was Grover Cleveland in 1886. At 49, he married a 21-year-old woman he had previously been the legal guardian of, and John Philip Sousa provided the music.

by whatilearned June 2, 2023, 7:25 pm

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What is the perfect example of “Just because it is legal, doesn’t mean you should do it”?

by QuestionGuy May 31, 2023, 8:30 am

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TIL: In 1991, Phil Lewis (Mr. Moseby on Suite Life) hit and killed Isabel Duarte, 21, with his vehicle while driving Three Times the legal limit. The actor’s sentence was suspended due to Lewis’s work after his arrest with a prison-based theater troupe that performed in jails, schools, and churches.

by whatilearned May 29, 2023, 5:07 am

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TIL that Kurt Cobain didn’t want to release “Come As You Are” as a single due to its similarity to “Eighties” by Killing Joke, but the record company insisted. However, Killing Joke abandoned legal action after Cobain’s death and Dave Grohl later contributed to one of their albums.

by whatilearned May 24, 2023, 5:43 pm

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TIL that in 34 U.S. states, women are legally allowed to go topless anywhere a man can. The practice is only explicitly illegal in two states, with the remaining 14 having ambiguous legal situations.

by whatilearned May 24, 2023, 4:53 am

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What is a legal scam that is still going on today in 2023?

by QuestionGuy May 23, 2023, 1:38 pm

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TIL that actor James Garner smoked marijuana his entire adult life. As quoted in his memoir: “I smoked marijuana for 50 years […] After decades of research I’ve concluded that that marijuana should be legal and alcohol illegal.”

by whatilearned May 22, 2023, 6:13 pm

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SO if drugs are all legal we can all be smarter and end the drug war once and for all.” Not OC

by CopyPastaArchive May 14, 2023, 5:55 am

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What’s one currently legal thing that in 20 years will be illegal?

by QuestionGuy May 10, 2023, 5:38 pm

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The Law of the Sea Needs a Rewrite — a historical overview. Down in the deep, the legal distinction between land and sea no longer holds as it did in the past.

by HistoryBuff May 9, 2023, 11:39 am

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legal document forcing the user to join r/copypasta

by CopyPastaArchive May 6, 2023, 3:24 am

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TIL that in 1983, a legal battle over the James Bond franchise resulted in two movies being released simultaneously in theaters: ‘Never Say Never Again’, starring Sean Connery, and ‘Octopussy’, starring Roger Moore.

by whatilearned May 3, 2023, 1:55 pm

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