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TIL in 2008 the Mayor of Belleville Illinois banned anyone over 12 from trick-or-treating, with violators receiving fines or even jail time.

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QNnpa TIL that the current year in Ethiopia is 2017. The Ethiopian year starts on 11th of September or on the 12th September in a Gregorian leap year. It is seven to eight years behind the Gregorian year owing to alternate calculations in determining the date of the annunciation of the birth of Jesus.
QNQN9 TIL about Starlight Tours in Canada where indigenous people are murdered when drunk by being driving out far in the cold wilderness and left there
0n8v TIL: Of the top 10 deadliest wars in history, 7 were focused around or took place in China.
pl7b TIL there have been cases of animal deaths by mosquito asphyxiation: being surrounded by a swarm so thick that you inhale mosquitoes until you can’t breath and die
RRyw TIL that someone created a mathematical world (similar to Wonderland from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland) called the Garden of Cosmic Speculation. It’s only open to the public one day a year.