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TIL it was legal in Missouri to kill Mormons on sight until 1976

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yVn6a TIL Bowditch's American Practical Navigator, an encyclopedia of navigation, has been in print since 1802. It is so popular that it's colloquially referred to after it's original author "Bowditch". In 1867 the US government bought the copyright and has published 52 editions of it since then.
kOG4W TIL in the early 70s Chrysler would produce unordered cars and store them at the "sales bank". The company then coerced the dealers into buying these cars under threat of such actions as not processing warranty claims or misplacing custom orders.
9EA7 TIL the British government has a position called “Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office” that can only be given to a cat
mOVx TIL licence plates in the Canadian Northwest Territories are shaped like polar bears.
4XRQo TIL James Baskett, star of controversial Disney classic 'Song of the South', was unable to attend the film's premiere because he would not have been allowed to participate in any of the festivities, as Atlanta was then a racially segregated city.