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TIL that in a number of cities in Texas, people on the sex offender registry have to keep their outdoor lights off on Halloween.

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9w06M TIL of the 118 elements, 19 are named after 20 people. Only Seaborg and Oganessian were honored with elements while still alive, and Oganessian is the only one still living. Proposals to name elements for Einstein and Fermi came during their lifetimes, but they had passed before it became official.
WBWd TIL Robin Williams and Robert De Niro were with John Belushi on the night of his death
gMODX TIL that a paleontologist served stew made from the neck meat of an at least 50,000-year-old bison to a dinner party of seven people in Alaska in 1984
5Yjjn TIL during the Rwandan genocide, Tutsi women were deliberately infected with HIV so that Tutsi population be controlled in the long term
epy5n TIL The current year in North Korea is 113. This is because they use the Juche calender and year 1 started on the birthday of Kim Il-Sung (April 15th 1912).