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TIL Vermont, Hawaii, Alaska, and Maine have all banned billboards.

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k9Dd TIL That Ben Franklin’s quote “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety,” was actually about the legislature’s right to tax the citizenry to pay for, among other things, security measures.
6P0J TIL the youngest person to have been executed in the US was 14 years old. A bible was used to boost him up onto the electric chair, and his trial only lasted 2 and a half hours.
KG96 TIL that the previews used to be shown at the end of a movie, which is why they are referred to as “trailers.”
L9kr TIL that Mount Everest is equipped with 3G mobile service so you can tweet your ascent all the way to the summit.
9LDM TIL There was a portuguese man that saved more jews during the WWII than Schindler. He saved 30 000 jews and was punished by his government for doing so. He died in misery, striped of all his titles and money.