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TIL over 100 Firefighters a year are arrested for arson.
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YLVv
TIL that a town is Minnesota selects their mayor by drawing a name out of a hat. Currently a four year old is mayor.
Ok0R
TIL in that Quebec, Sweden and Norway it is illegal to advertise to children. This to keep companies from encouraging children to beg their parents for stuff.
Egg17
TIL that hunters transported wild boars in different areas of the US for hunting, even if it's illegal, and that's how feral pigs or wild boars have now become widespread throughout the country and have now become a pest.
Bggmr
TIL that the packaging colour for air-dropped humanitarian ration packs had to be changed from yellow to salmon after someone realised that the same shade of yellow was also used for air-dropped cluster bombs.
nWJa9
TIL that Duck Tape (duct tape, 100mph tape, speed tape, etc.) was originally invented to seal ammo boxes in WWII