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TIL Mississippi has the highest rate of STDs in America

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xpPo TIL That for about 5 months in 2008 it was 100% legal to abandon your teenage child by bringing them to a hospital and driving off. During this period over 35 teenagers were abandoned by their parents.
x6VG5 TIL, a woman mistakenly snorted a line of LSD containing 550 times the usual recreational dose, mistaking it for cocaine. The woman had been suffering from chronic foot pain for 20 years, but found that the massive dose of LSD allowed her to reduce and eventually stop morphine consumption.
mx7wy TIL that in during WW2, an American bomber -ye olde pub- was nearly shot down. A German fighter gave chase and once in range, he noticed the dead and injured crew and the terror in the pilots face. He didn’t attack and escorted the plane. Both pilots survived the war and finally met in 1990
j6AYa TIL of the final Looney Tune short, which was the 1,000th short produced, and ended with the main character, Cool Cat, cutting himself out of the film.
16pl8 TIL the UK tradition of Fish and Chips was introduced by Spanish and Portuguese Jewish immigrants in the 16th century. It was created to allow Jews to safely eat fish cooked for Friday night dinner the following day on the sabbath, the day Judaism forbids cooking with fire or electricity.