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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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6Blm TIL a dentist named Edgar Parker legally changed his first name to “Painless”, when he was accused of breaking a false advertisement law by claiming that his dentistry was truly painless.
edYD TIL some butterflies are half male and half female, with one colorful wing and one plain wing.
6Emb8 TIL that Chimpanzees, Elephants, and Magpies all mourn their dead and feel some sort of grief.
yQNMJ TIL That Americans sought comfort TV after 9/11 and watched so much Food Network that the station had to restructure itself to appeal to a general audience. This led to the creation and subsequent rise of reality cooking shows like Chopped and Iron Chef USA.
d8J7Q TIL Between 1989-1992, comedian John Candy had a 40 episode cartoon called Camp Candy, starring as the animated version of himself.