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TIL Mississippi has the highest rate of STDs in America

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LQ6OZ TIL the name of emperor Charlemagne is just "Charles the Great" written in Old French and run together as one word.
epmME TIL that in 2019 a law was passed in Colorado, nicknamed the Lemonade Stand law, that allows kids under the age of 18 to operate a temporary business without a license if it operates for no more than 84 days in a calendar year.
AD0o7 TIL of a brawl in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1858 that involved over 30 members and ended in laughter and jeers after William Barksdale of Mississippi had his hair piece ripped off.
ejbg TIL that there is a Counterfeit Museum of Paris, where they display the most impressive and accurate knock-offs of popular goods.
kJo87 TIL in addition to some of the well known acts opening for the Rolling Stones record-breaking 1981 tour was the relatively unknown Prince, who could barely get 3 songs off before being booed off the stage