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TIL The Westboro Baptist Church is funded by the US government paying legal fees to them.

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5BZ9 TIL that in 1913, Nebraska outlawed oral sex - in an ironic twist the act that was passed to criminalize oral sex was the 69th act to be passed that year. The act has since been known as “act 69”.
vPyy8 TIL shamrocks in a crystal bowl has been gifted to the president of the United States every St Patrick's Day since the early 1950s.
e0Z9k TIL Dr. Suess was a political cartoonist, wrote a series of books on boners (NOT what you're thinking), made weird taxidermy sculptures out of assorted dead animal parts and had a collection of "Midnight Paintings" he didn't allow to be released until after his death.
lo8LV TIL potatoes should never be refrigerated. Not only does it ruin the flavor, it produces high levels of a carcinogen called acrylamide
9YDaB TIL that the Arctic Circle is currently drifting northwards at a speed of about 15 m (49 ft) per year.