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TIL: Costa Rica abolished their military in 1948 and hasn't had a standing army since

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VMkxk TIL: Florida has a law called Sunshine law. Which allows meetings, records, votes, deliberations and other official actions to be available to the public. Which is why you always hear about crazy things happening there. The local news can provide details of crimes committed that other states cannot.
R5vOj TIL This iconic picture taken during the Vietnam War in 1967 is actually an Australian Battalion heading back to their base, Nui Dat
8aGKV TIL that Taco Bell failed to pay two Michigan men who created the Taco Bell Chihuahua mascot and were later court ordered to pay them $42 million dollars.
Kyb4 TIL that Satanists performed a “Pink Mass” on the grave of Fred Phelps’ mother in order to turn her into a lesbian in the afterlife
nWK4o TIL that the first automobile recall was because Henry Ford tried using Spanish moss to stuff the car seats, but had to recall them when chiggers started coming out and biting people.