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TIL: ASL works just fine in microgravity.

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pX5A TIL a town in Florida was named Frostproof as a marketing plot to claim that the town would never have a citrus frost. Less than two years after its founding a frost killed most of the citrus in town.
KQMB TIL In Idaho, if a person’s perjury leads to the execution of an innocent person, the witness is then subject to the death penalty as well.
rRYwx TIL there is a living person still collecting a pension for Civil War service, though the war ended over 150 years ago.
jN61n TIL that electric cars had some success 100 years ago circa 1910. It was Thomas Edison's first car, and Jay Leno has one too.
jNpEj TIL that Blake Lively has a ton of acting siblings and half siblings. Her half sister was Teen Witch, her half brother was in National Lampoons European Vacation, her brother was in The L Word. Her BIL is Coach Bolton in High School Musical.