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TIL that police playing paintball further delayed the transition of a mental institution into a civil war museum in West Virginia.

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E1vQX TIL the top 3 most expensive skateboards ever sold were a collaboration between Tony Hawk & Ben Harper to raise money for skateparks in low income communities. The highest price paid was $38,425 for a skateboard with the lyrics to "Blowin' in the Wind" personnally penned by Bob Dylan on it.
EgmrV TIL the phenomena of a jubilee where sea life rise close to the surface resulting in easy fishing only happens in two places....Tokyo Bay and Mobile Bay in Alabama
mxXYM TIL that although they live in a climate inhospitable to crop development, the Inuit do not suffer from vitamin C deficiency (scurvy) due to their diet of frozen and raw fish and mammal organs. By not cooking the food, the vitamin C is not broken down and can be absorbed by the human body.
vPDm8 TIL a small region and hundred-thousands of people in the European Union were subject to ancient Ottoman laws and penal code till 2018
KOrEw TIL The World Mosquito Project scientists cultivate and release mosquitoes infected with a bacterium called Wolbachia. The bacterium is passed down to future generations. The bacterium appears to block mosquitos from transmitting arboviruses (dengue, chikungunya & yellow fever) & Zika