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TIL, with the exception of one hill, it is illegal to sled in Syracuse, the snowiest city in the United States

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VKn8 TIL that corn is a result of thousands of years of selective breeding by Native Americans. It was bred from a wild grain called teosinte, which is only a few inches long and barely edible.
VMW1B TIL of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. An archipelago off the coast of Newfoundland which is the last piece of French territory in North America.
AP8g TIL: There is a Federal law ordering the US AG to gather data on police excessive force. And it’s been ignored for 20 years
W7xbB TIL: Once a year, ancient Athenian citizens would nominate people they felt threatened democracy—because of political differences, dishonesty, or just general dislike.
R7DVw TIL that in 1922 there were a series of riots in New York over whether it was acceptable to wear a straw hat after 15 September.