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TIL that even the Ku Klux Klan classifies the Westboro Baptist Church as a hate group; the KKK were one of the main counter protesters against the Church's anti-Memorial Day protests at the Arlington Cemetery, Virginia

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Wn0L TIL clothes are exempt from sales tax in New York if it’s under $110
JYJxv TIL Alice Lidell, inspiration for Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", once met Peter Llewellyn Davies, one of the brothers who inspired J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan".
E1xr7 TIL The McDonnell Douglas F-15 can reach 30,000 ft (9,100m) in 60 seconds and has a thrust-to-weight ratio that allows the aircraft to accelerate while flying straight up. It is also the only aircraft to ever shoot down a satellite orbiting in space.
4XZKo TIL Ghislaine Maxwell wants to get moved into the general population at The Metropolitan Detention Center, she said solitary confinement is taking a toll on her.
x6jRg TIL that in 2011, George Michael came out of a coma speaking in a country western accent -- an instance of a rare but real neurological condition called foreign accent syndrome.