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TIL that in 2014 the state of Alabama paid $75,000 for the right to use the phrase "Sweet Home Alabama" on road signs at the state line.

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YDBW TIL the 5th Amendment protects someone from revealing the source of their illegal income, but not the amount.
6mB8 TIL queen bees continues to mate until she collects more than 70 million sperm from multiple males.
v0d4 TIL Larry King crashed into John F. Kennedy’s car in 1958. John F. Kennedy said he’d forget the whole thing if King promised to vote for him when he ran for president.
mxoZP TIL that putting antifreeze in wine as seen in The Simpsons episode "The Crepes of Wrath" was based on real events
OG0bY TIL in 2009 a 1400 year old Hoard was found in England with 11 pounds of gold. One piece was inscribed with a Bible verse translated as, “let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee." (Numbers 10:35)