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TIL In California shoplifting below $950 is a misdemeanor, it means shoplifters face no pursuit and no punishment. Thanks to Proposition 47.

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8aEP4 TIL The Price Is Right rigs the plinko game for promotional ads using fishing line so that the chip lands in the $10,000 slot. The wire was mistakenly left in place and a contestant dropped 3 consecutive chips before it was noticed. She was allowed to keep the money.
X8DE TIL that in Star Wars legends, Jar Jar Binks was given a father, named George R Binks, who was so ashamed of his son that he attempted suicide. In order to talk him down, his wife told him to think of his son. He then pulled the trigger
wMa7 TIL of John Joe Gray, who has been wanted by Texas police since January 2000, but they’re not willing to fight his religious separatist group in order to arrest him
1aD7d TIL there is a restaurant in tiny Union CT that gives books away to every person that dines there.
MwNK TIL lemons and limes are toxic to dogs and cats and their reaction is due to how unpleasant it is.