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TIL In criminal law, a "dine and dash" is called "defrauding an innkeeper"

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KMgR TIL The hair of some cancer patients treated with chemotherapy can grow back in a different colour, and sometimes even be curly or straight.
MR0B TIL the US ZIP Code 12345 belongs to the main corporate campus of General Electric. GE receives thousands of Santa letters each year from kids believing it would make most sense for Santa’s workshop to have 12345 as his ZIP code.
1aKXP TIL that although most people believe that the distress signal SOS stands for "Save our souls" or "Save our ship", the letters don't actually stand for anything.
ANPM7 TIL Vince Carter was traded by the Golden State Warriors twice and traded for Chris Webber twice before ever playing a game in the NBA.
KO494 TIL approximately 30 to 50% of East Asian are intolerant to alcohol due to a faulty version of the aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) gene. It may cause flushing on a person's face and body and other symptoms including nausea, headache and general physical discomfort after drinking alcohol.