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TIL it is illegal to pump your own gas in New Jersey

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kQ1g TIL The piano used for recording “Bohemian Rhapsody ” was the same one used when recording “Hey Jude”
0d4kj TIL a clear fishing wire is attached to posts surrounding the entire perimeter of Manhattan. From 1st Street to 126th. This string is part of an Eruv, a Jewish symbolic enclosure. Many observant Jews in Manhattan rely on this string to leave the house on the Sabbath.
ADgD4 TIL Usain Bolt's running gait is asymmetrical due to scoliosis, which has resulted in his left leg being longer than his right leg. Scientists aren't sure if his record-breaking sprint speeds are because of this or in spite of this.
LQMQ TIL that 2 dogs were executed for witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials
0wK0p TIL that Mahatma Ghandi wrote two letters to Hitler, in which he asked him to stop the war cause it would have caused many victims. Neither of the letters he wrote were allowed to be sent by the colonial government.