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TIL It is legal to open carry a sword in California, but only if it’s sheathed.

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Z8GaQ TIL that the beautiful symmetry of a total solar eclipse happens because —by pure chance— the sun is 400 times larger than the moon, but is also 400 times farther from Earth, making the two bodies appear the exact same size in the sky.
VMxeQ TIL that the 1963 return of the village of Elten from the Netherlands to West Germany caused a bizarre 'smuggling' operation. Businessmen parked hundreds of trucks full of butter in the town on the night before the handover, dodging German import taxes when the border crossed the goods the next day
dD4pj TIL: In 2001, the Brazilian internet provider "IG" promoted the "Day of Good News", which would give priority to reporting light and optimistic things, leaving the bad news of the day for another time. Then a mayor of a big city was murdered. And the 9/11 attacks followed.
v1pd7 TIL: The Mandalorian was filmed on a giant virtual set, displaying the backgrounds with real-time graphics, captured in-camera.
NmVb TIL: There are over 40 US states that tax Tampons and Pads as “Luxury” goods.