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TIL In Vermont public nudity is legal if you leave the house naked, but public disrobing is illegal

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BgEgb TIL that due to industry influence, Missouri has some of the loosest alcohol laws in the US. Hard liquor can be sold in grocery stores and gas stations; bars can double as liquor stores; public intoxication is legal; and open containers are allowed in most areas, including by passengers in vehicles.
a8w6Z TIL Nancy Cartwright (voice of Bart Simpson) has to date given $17,500,000 to Scientology
JY8d8 TIL It is only called an acronym when you pronounce the abbreviation as a real word (ex. NASA), otherwise it's known as an initialism (ex. FBI)
voyj TIL that the German city of Konstanz, which sits on the Swiss border, survived WW2 without being bombed by leaving all house and streetlights lit at night, making Allied bombers raiding nearby Dornier and Zeppelin aircraft factories think it was part of Switzerland.
kOXrd TIL that it is not an urban legend that snakes could hide in toilets and attack the genitals of humans. It has happened multiple times in real life.