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TIL: A gay waitress lied about a homophobic family on the news, then got caught when the family saw the news report

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0wwd5 TIL about the Dunbar’s number. It is a theoretical upper limit of the people one can maintain stable relationships with. Suggested between 100 and 250. So if a town’s population is below the Dunbar’s number, it is more likely to have harmony and peace that a larger town or city.
Yp5YA TIL U.S. President Ronald Reagan is responsible for the drinking age being set at 21 years in 1984, prior to which many states had a lower drinking age at 18 or 20 only.
lrkB TIL pigs are immune to snake venom, a trait shared with mongoose, honey badgers, and hedgehogs
6rBJ TIL Walt Disney World has a permanent no-fly zone above it
8e7VK TIL that in the 7th century BC, lawmaker Charondas forbade anyone from bringing in weapons to the assembly under penalty of death. One day, seeking to defeat some brigands in the hills, he brought a knife to the assembly. In order to uphold his own law, he killed himself.