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TIL that Japan already had HDTV in the 1990s, way before anywhere else

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O8ER TIL Oregon is the only state in the U.S. that has a two-sided flag.
AD9ba TIL of Cahkoia, a great Native American city near current day St Louis, which had a population in 1250 AD bigger than London
kw6E TIL that Paul Newman, voicing Doc Hudson in the Cars movie, died before Cars 2 and therefore Pixar included that Doc Hudson died before Cars 2 takes place.
XEDRD TIL when pimps get arrested, their cash can legally be confiscated but not their jewelry. This is why pimps wear lots of jewelry so that they can "re-pawn" it for bail money.
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