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TIL that DMVs in the US are allowed to sell some of your personal information and do. This practice is legal under federal law. For example, Florida’s DMV made $77 million and California’s DMV made $52 million in 2017 through this practice alone.

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QNd1e TIL that Cora Agnes Benneson, one of the first female lawyers in New England, was rejected by Harvard Law School because "the equipments were too limited to make suitable provision for receiving women".
X0XpX TIL about Boontling, a hyper-localized jargon/lingo. Originating solely in the small Northern California community of Boonville during the 1890's, the argot (secret slang) has less than 100 speakers today.
ADA6g TIL The Neptunes (Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo) produced 43 percent of songs on the radio in the US at one point in 2003
W76aL TIL Steven Seagal made a country/blues/reggae album and it’s so much worse than you might imagine. I included a link to a fantastically brutal review from ‘09 when it was released.
GlON TIL all blue eyed people are genetically related to a person who lived in the Black Sea region sometime between 6 – 10,000 years ago.