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TIL Houston has a program that allows citizens to give tickets to those who abuse handicap parking spaces, after taking a four hour course.

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VdoD TIL Dr Seuss’ name rhymes with ‘Voice’ not 'Zeus’
6gOY TIL that identical twin brothers had sex with the same women on the same day that resulted in a child. Paternity tests showed each male was both the father and the uncle of the child thus the identify of the true father is unknown.
QNvvk TIL in March 1933 The Enabling Act became law in Germany, giving the chief executive power enforce his own laws without checks and balances. The passing of the Act marked the formal transition from democratic republic to totalitarian dictatorship. 6 months later, it was a 1 party state.
OGAx1 TIL: Besides the normal human sacrifice procedures such as decapitation and heart removal, the Mayans also had an arrow sacrifice. The victim would be painted blue and wore a cap. Their genitals were bled and a white symbol was painted for the archers to shoot until they were filled with arrows.
ADnjd TIL Mongols used catapult to send dead soldier bodies infected by the plague across the walls.