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TIL that pumpkins mostly grow during the night

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78rQP TIL of 'Truck Wages' or 'Company Scrip, where an employer will pay employees in company minted money that is only redeemable in company owned stores. It is referenced in the sea shanty 'Wellerman' and the last company to get sued for using it was Walmart Mexico.
V41m TIL that when the Queen dies, no comedy programming on BBC will be aired for 12 days.
Yp7px TIL That Hitler's Armaments Minister Told Him on Nov. 29, 1941 That The War Could Not Be Won
4XO55 TIL of “Born Secret”, a legal principle in the US that classifies any nuclear science information at the moment of discovery, even if it wasn’t discovered by the government or serve any military purpose.
e0pW5 TIL that between 1664 and 1967, America had miscegenation laws that prevented interracial marriage, and that the first marriage licenses were intended to allow the government to enforce this law