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TIL that dueling is still technically legal in Texas, because mutual consent is a defense against assault.

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wL4nE TIL of Oland, an island in Germany with a population of only 16 people. Storms flood Oland every week during winter. It has a railway track which was built in 1923 and it takes 20 minutes for Olanders to reach the mainland through it.
R54j TIL that a police officer offered to split a lottery ticket with a waitress at his favorite restaurant in Yonkers, NY in place of a tip. The ticket was a winner worth $6 million, which he split with her without hesitation. “If I say I’ll do something, I do it. I hope money never changes me.”
JY15v TIL that Granny Smiths, Fujis, and Pink Ladies can all be traced back to Almaty, Kazakhstan, where the ancestor apples still grow wild there in the Tian Shan mountains.
9deM TIL that in tennis, winning two sets to love (IE, 6-0, 6-0) is called a “double bagel”
EGVp TIL the Kapauku people of Papua think it is bad luck to work two consecutive days. The !Kung Bushmen work just two-and-a-half days per week, rarely more than six hours per day.