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TIL: 31 US States allow parents to give their kids alcohol

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4XMY6 TIL while the average American musician made $35k in 2017, only $21,300 of that was generated from music-related ventures, and 61% of surveyed musicians said that "music-related income is not sufficient to meet their living expenses.".
7eAM TIL Buddy Hollys wife upon hearing on the news of her husbands death had a miscarriage the next day leading authorities to adopt a policy in the coming months not to release victim names till their families have been informed
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xVAXb TIL up until 1857, the Mexican Peso was legal tender in the United States.
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