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TIL most insurance companies have ceased all new auto insurance policies in California.

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5Pk9 TIL There’s a theme park in Japan where kids can experience adult life (working, banking, etc)
DQPvY TIL that Mel B and Geri from the Spice Girls had a yearlong secret love affair, and their breakup most likely lead to Geri leaving the group.
MeYnB TIL that the northernmost Grain Silo in Canada is in northern Alberta and only 200 km from the border from the Northwest Territories.
4X9bw TIL that in 1977 a small town in West Virginia named Vulcan asked the USSR to help them rebuild a bridge after being denied funding by the local government. The WVA government gave them the money less then an hour after the story broke and a soviet journalist was sent to investigate.
4keD6 TIL Kevin Costner turned down starring in Air Force One (1997) so he can star in The Postman (1997), a movie he also directed. Air Force One was a critical and commercial success while The Postman was a box office bomb with Costner "winning" two Razzie awards for worst actor and director.