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TIL that Ally's Law is legislation passed by several U.S. states that requires stores to allow people with certain medical conditions access to employee restrooms. It was named after a 14 year old girl with Crohn’s Disease who soiled herself in a mall after being denied access to a store restroom.

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QJRQd TIL the murderer of Adolph Coors III (heir to Coors Brewing Co) spent only 19 years in prison despite being an escapee from prison for a previous murder at the time he killed Alfred and despite maintaining his innocence. He committed suicide at age 80.
VMpXZ TIL that North Korea's diplomatic mission to the UN has 1,300 unpaid NYC parking tickets going back to the 1990s, owing more than $156,000.
Ypv1B TIL when Boeing fired over 70,000 employees in Seattle during the 1970s Boeing Bust, a billboard was placed on the highway leaving Seattle stating: “Will the last person leaving Seattle turn out the lights.”
epD1k TIL that King's School, Canterbury, is Britain's oldest public school; and is arguably the oldest continuously operating school in the world, since education on the Abbey and Cathedral grounds has been uninterrupted since AD 597.
l9VV TIL Kelly Thomas, a homeless man with schizophrenia, was beaten to the point of comatose by Police followed by death as a result, all while Thomas was found not guilty of his charges, and two police officers were found not guilty of manslaughter, the other was not put to trial.