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TIL- in Minnesota it is against the law to sell an American flag that is not made in the U.S.

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9YpeD TIL the Indian government commissioned a 2-hour Bollywood feature film called "Toilet", designed to help eradicate the practice of public defecation.
dgRZ TIL Sarah Chalke wore her labcoat from ‘Scrubs’ when she played in 'How I Met Your Mother’ and used pens to cover up her name
ne7yr TIL Eli Whitney did not make his fortune from the cotton gin, but a later invention, the milling machine. This machine allowed the North to automate many industries and stay adequately supplied during the American Civil War.
OGLAa TIL The word "quarantine" comes from a 14th-century practice in the Venetian Republic, where ships had to isolate for 40 days to prevent the spread of the plague, leading to the term "quarantine" from the Italian "quaranta giorni" (40 days).
JVgm TIL Lance Armstrong, at the height of his doping behaviour in the 2000s, made a $100k donation to the international cycling federation to ‘fund the fight against doping’