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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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PYLkw TIL of the term "Ag-gag". Anti-whistleblower laws passed by the states that make it illegal to film or photograph animal rights abuses on factory farms.
xVYZo TIL about the French Paradox: people who had bad habits, such as consumption of lots of fatty foods, chronic smoking, etc, lived longer in some towns of Burgundy than people in other towns. Why? - They were drinking more burgundy grapes that absorbed an antioxidant molecule produced by mushrooms.
p8naZ TIL at a ceremony at Yankee Stadium Joe Dimaggio punched Billy Crystal in the stomach after Crystal neglected to introduce Dimaggio by his preferred title of 'Greatest living player'
N7ma1 TIL New toilets on the Navy’s two newest aircraft carriers clog so frequently that the ships’ sewage systems must be cleaned periodically with specialized acids costing about $400,000 a flush!
KnBJ TIL that humans came very close to extinction at least 3 times, at one point possibly falling to a worldwide population of 600