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TIL That some US States have Tax-Free Holidays

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lo81G TIL about Priceville. A small community founded in the 1800s by African-Americans not far north from what is now Toronto. It was mysteriously emptied of its black residents, its cemetery bulldozed, and the records of interracial marriages that occured there covered up.
KjEB TIL that in 1945 Japanese sailors once submerged a sub while 90 European prisoners including children were on deck, leaving them to be eaten by sharks.
jJ4v TIL that the A-10 Warthog was designed to fly with one engine, one tail, one elevator, and half of one wing missing.
Bbgb TIL that Liam Neeson didn’t read the script for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace before signing on. He reportedly disliked working on it once production had started.
R5ldl TIL that advance tickets to all three days of Woodstock cost $18, equivalent to only about $125 in 2019