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TIL that the Georgia House introduced a bill in 2003 making it a “misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature” for a restaurant to sell Iced Tea without also selling Sweet Tea

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dD9pB TIL that in August 1986 a limnic eruption (the release of dissolved carbon dioxide from a body of water) resulted in the deaths of 1746 people and 3500 livestock living near Lake Nyos, Cameroon
0w5Gp TIL that in Taiwan and South Korea, unless there is an emergency, motorcycles are forbidden on the freeways.
M8mW TIL Gladiator 2 was supposed to be about Maximus being revived by the Gods and is given the quest to murder Jesus Christ and his followers in order to save the Gods who are in heaven. No studio wanted to take on the project.
6dnQ TIL that the president’s feces are collected when they’re not using the restrooms at the white house because foreign agents can analyze it for drugs, medications, and illnesses.
69pBZ TIL of Margaret Cavendish, the first woman to be invited to attend a session of the Royal Society and one of the first writers of science fiction.