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TIL Florida outlawed recreational dwarf tossing in 1989.

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neJaW TIL that the Library of Congress is actively seeking volunteers to help transcribe 16,000 Pages of Suffragist Diaries, Letters, and Documents to create a searchable database where people can read original source documents.
5YaPk TIL that herring fish communicate with each other underwater through flatulence or fart, the noise is always accompanied by a stream of bubbles
4JOR TIL that prior to 1999, the mythical American Express Black Card was just that: a myth. The myth became so pervasive that AmEx decided to capitalize on it and actually make a black, ultra exclusive credit card.
00xp TIL the Pyrenean Ibex is the only species to have been brought back from extinction, albeit only for around seven minutes.
GARgg Today I learned: The train was invented before the bicycle.