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TIL that a 13-year-old opened a hot dog stand in front of his home in Minnesota, causing a complaint to the health department. Instead of shutting him down, the inspectors helped him bring his stand up to code and paid the $87 fee for his permit out of their own pockets.

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rR6B1 TIL that the office Treasurer of the United States has been held by women since 1949
R7Rj7 TIL Pistachios used to almost always be sold coated with a deep red dye, to hide harmlessly but unattractively splotchy hulls. Discolored hulls is no longer an issue with better harvesting technology, allowing today's pistachios to be sold without dye.
a8dYb TIL Hockey pucks were once square
8bEG TIL “Testify” comes from the Latin word testis, which means “witness”. In ancient Rome, two men taking an oath of allegiance held each other’s testicles, and men held their own testicles as a sign of truthfulness while bearing witness in a public forum or court of law.
0jWN TIL US Army Chaplain Charles Liteky is the only Medal of Honor recipient to have given his award back to the Government, he also left the priesthood, married a nun, and became a fervent social justice activist.