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Today I learned TN senators and their family members can request special license plates

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nWKm9 TIL that 13 US states have laws prohibiting the sale or trading of cars on Sundays. These so-called 'blue laws' were originally meant to keep people pious and promote church-going.
LJop TIL that George Orwell was a socialist who saw every line of prose he wrote to be in favour of democratic socialism
vrd8 TIL Jonathan Taylor Thomas, the ‘90s child actor also known simply as JTT, walked away from fame at the height of his career to study philosophy at Harvard.
rRyPx TIL in the early 20th Century women would use their hat pin to physically defend themselves from being harassed in public transport. It worked so well that law makers at the time outlawed it. In Australia, sixty women went to jail rather than pay fines for wearing “murderous weapons” in their hats
gwdX TIL Elijah Wood is the voice actor of Spyro