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TIL police in more than half of U.S. states collect a DNA sample from people arrested and not yet even convicted. Check to see if your state is one of them.

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4kEDb TIL that following the Black Death in England, peasants were able to negotiate better wages due to labour shortages. In response Parliament passed the Statute of Labourers 1351 which prohibited the soliciting of wages above pre-plague levels. This contributed to the English Peasant's Revolt of 1381.
GVNG TIL that there is an Online Store Accepts Talent As Payment
pYRMG TIL superfetation is a rare event that involves getting pregnant a second time while you're already pregnant.
9Yl4D TIL Caribbean Sperm Whales have regional accents and dialects, and tend to associate only with other whales that have the same "culture" as they do.
weBo TIL that the smallest park in the world is a two-foot circle in Portland, Oregon.