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TIL Dry cleaning isn't dry at all and is only called dry because it uses chemical solvents instead of water

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bnXp TIL that when vandals in Billings, Mont., targeted Jewish families by smashing windows where menorahs were being displayed, thousands of non-Jewish residents displayed menorahs in their own windows in a show of solidarity, bringing a stop to the attacks.
LGA9 TIL Louisiana State Penitentiary was founded as a slave plantation, and is still run as a prison farm to this day
Oo1NX TIL that the Soviet Union was issued a top-level internet domain just before its 1991 collapse. The domain was never deactivated and has since become a haven for cybercriminals due to its lack of regulation.
0g1R TIL that the recipe for Tootsie Rolls calls for the previous day’s batch to be mixed in, so as to (theoretically) include some of the very first Tootsie Roll in every candy made
grLp4 TIL that due to increased costs, for every child under two that would be saved by safety seats in airplanes, 60 people would die in car accidents