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TIL that begging is illegal in Nepal

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VaOp TIL that for 10 years after WWII, there was a fourth network on American broadcast television called The DuMont Television Network. The network folded in 1956, and today it has been all but forgotten because most of its archives were destroyed.
Wn0L TIL clothes are exempt from sales tax in New York if it’s under $110
nWX0o TIL the USA has the largest number of registered rugby clubs in the world, with 2588
KQAB TIL that the shooting of US President James Garfield in July 1881 directly led to the invention of both the metal detector and indoor air conditioning
loLnG TIL of a musician named Elizabeth Cotten. She was a self-taught left-handed guitarist, who played a guitar strung for a right-handed player. She played it upside down, as she was left-handed. Her signature style became known as "Cotten picking", and she is known today as a pioneer in the folk genre.