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TIL That the state of Texas has its own power grid to avoid dealing with the US federal government.

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NXdeb TIL Paul McCartney was arrested in Japan in 1980 for possession of 219 grams of marijuana
GY1lg TIL that when Stephen Hawking was asked what his IQ is, He replied “I have no idea, people who brag about their IQ scores are losers”
4kKPN TIL the first Minnesota Twins mascot was named Twinkie and only lasted two years.
e04NJ TIL that an ancient Babylonian tablet used the Pythagorean Theorem 1200 years before Pythagoreas was born
ZWeY TIL The Black Cauldron (1985) did so poorly at the box office that it was released on VHS until 13 years later and to this day it has yet to make back even half of its $44 million budget.