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TIL that in West Virginia and Ohio it is illegal to warm your car up and leave it running to go back inside during cold weather months.

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p8WpO TIL in 1972 Deep Purple reached 117 decibels at one of their concerts, which rendered three audience members unconscious and earned them a spot in the Guinness World Record Book (which was topped by The Who by 9 decibels in 1976).
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