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TIL "Trial by combat" has never been abolished in the United States and is still technically valid by US law

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xQPo TIL There is a colour called “Zomp”
vlEB TIL in a private cemetery in Arkansas, a woman single-handedly buried and gave funerals to more than 40 gay men during the height of the AIDS epidemic, when their families wouldn’t claim them.
kJB4g TIL due to Disneyland's immense popularity, Southern California boasts many locations that ripoff or imitate its distinctive aesthetic
N7PQ1 TIL that all early humans were “lactose intolerant” after infancy. In 10,000 BC, a single individual passed on a mutation that has since spread incredibly fast, allowing humans to begin digesting lactose for life and causing the widespread consumption of dairy.
Wxb9 TIL pinball was illegal for over 30 years in America and even had it’s own crime boss who specialized in the illegal pinball machine industry.