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TIL Carmel By The Sea, California prohibits wearing high heels over two inches in height and less than one square inch of bearing surface without first getting a permit from City Hall.

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eQME TIL that in 1859, an American farmer in the San Juan Islands shot a pig who was eating his potatoes, but the pig happened to belong to a British colonist. In the ensuing confrontation, 461 Americans and 14 artillery faced 5 British warships with 70 cannons and 2140 men. The only casualty was the pig
5N19 TIL Charles Darwin’s cousin Francis Galton invented the dog whistle, meteorology, forensic fingerprinting and mathematical correlation. He also suggested that principles of animal breeding could be applied to humans, coined the word ‘eugenics’, and came up with the 'nature vs nurture’ idea.
0wELv TIL Turkey vultures use defensive vomit to get rid of any disturbing animal. They can propel their vomit up to 10 feet.
Gx07 TIL Arabic numbers, instead of Roman Numerals are being used for the first time in 45 years at this year’s Super Bowl 50, due to the fact that the NFL deemed the Roman Numeral “L” not as aesthetically pleasing
yGde TIL in the Middle Ages, chess pawns had individual names that represented the occupations of citizens.