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TIL that it's law in New Mexico that Pluto is still a planet when it passes over the state.

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wor6P TIL that most jokes about Germany are just about Bavaria. That is because the american occupation zone wa in bavaria and they mostly witnessed their culture and assumed that all of Germany is like Bavaria.
Vn7Z TIL that the childhood epidemic of asthma may be caused by the switch to Tylenol in the 1980s
ANOkw TIL Reggae star Peter Tosh was brutally murdered in 1987. Three men with guns came to his house demanding money, then tortured him for several hours. Some of Tosh's friends arrived and were also taken hostage. They eventually opened fire, killing Tosh and one of his friends, wounding several others.
65XQ TIL of a now closed down amusement park that responsible for at least 6 peoples deaths. They even had to offer it’s own employees a hundred dollars to test out one of the waterslides.
Z8xkR TIL about Perpetual Stew, common in the middle ages, it was a stew that was kept constantly stewing in a pot and rarely emptied, just constantly replenished with whatever items they could throw in it.