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TIL that fortune-telling is illegal in New York.

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XvrQ TIL that in 1968, a bomber carrying 4 nuclear weapons crashed over an icy bay in Greenland. The recovered debris only accounted for 3 out of the 4 weapons, and searches for the missing bomb under the ice were unsuccessful.
nerOd TIL in the Brothers Grimm version of Cinderella, the stepsisters cut off their toes and part of their heel to fit into the slipper. Their plans are foiled when the Prince notices the shoe filling up with blood.
wop5P TIL many coroners aren't doctors and they can be appointed or elected to their positions
1vaW TIL it only takes a gallon of fuel to move 1 ton of material 500 miles by rail.
aKG9 TIL the German word, waldeinsamkeit, has no equivalent in English, and means “the feeling of being alone in the woods”.