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TIL that in December of 2000, Congress passed a federal law requiring all Americans to pause at 3 pm local time on Memorial Day to remember and honor the fallen.

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1R68 TIL that a Peanuts character named Charlotte Braun was killed off by Schulz after a fan asked him to remove her from the strip. In his response, Schultz told the fan she was responsible for the death of the character and included a picture of Charlotte Braun with an ax through her head
xVnO1 TIL Queens Of The Stone Age were forcibly thrown out of rehab. They were hired to do a "light-hearted, intimate performance" but they opened their set with the drugs filled lyrics of their song Feel good hit of the summer: "Nicotine, valium, vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy and alcohol c-c-c-c-c-cocaine"
49jw TIL athletes are more likely to get cavities. Regular exercisers are “mouth breathers”, which causes plaque to dry on their teeth
oj8L TIL: it’s illegal for offices in NYC to require men to wear ties without also requiring women to wear ties
jrRj TIL , There was a day, BBC ran out of news, April 18, 1930: A Day With No News, they played piano music instead