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TIL that by Indiana State law, you can’t smile on your license due to a security facial identifying program.

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gMgkA TIL a theremin is a musical instrument that depends on electromagnetic fields created around its antennae, which players move their hands or fingers around to change pitch or volume.
0Lm1 TIL in 1977 Hollywood released the movie Chatterbox about a woman with a talking vagina
Z8QrD TIL the Model T cost $825 during its debut in 1909, but due to production efficiency increasing, the price bottomed out to $260 USD in 1925 ($3886 USD in 2021)
N7VX8 TIL that the wedding dress of then-Princess Elizabeth was made out of materials bought with ration coupons, which she saved up.
9D4D TIL in Feb, 2000, 60 Minutes did an exposé on “Echelon,” a top secret data collection program that vacuums up vast amounts of communications worldwide. Democracies usually have laws against spying on citizens, but Frost says Echelon members could ask other members to spy on their citizens for them