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TIL New York State landlords can make you purchase your own fire extinguishers

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V6B0 TIL: In 2009, the President and Cabinet of the Maldives held a meeting underwater - in SCUBA gear - to sign a declaration calling for global cuts in carbon emissions. The Maldives is expected to disappear under rising seawater this century.
xajk TIL French was the official language of England until the 14th century and they didn’t officially adopt English till 1509.
BgwMd TIL that philosopher Moritz Schlick was assassinated by a former student, who claimed Schlick’s anti-metaphysical philosophy had “interfered with his moral restraint”.
aEAy TIL The state of Kentucky currently has 4.9 million barrels of bourbon that are aging, which exceeds the state’s own population.
Z8d8v TIL Jewish people were forced to wear badges or other identifying items centuries before Nazi Germany in both the Islamic world and medieval Europe