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

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oBJd8 TIL It took Chinese authorities 7 minutes to locate and apprehend a BBC reporter using a network of CCTV camera and facial recognition technology
kZY5 TIL Mao Zedong had horrible personal hygiene. His genitals were never cleaned. Instead, Mao said “I wash myself inside the bodies of my women.” He never brushed his teeth either.
e08PL TIL that Alaskan Wood Frogs freeze during winters. 2/3rds of their body water turns into ice, hearts stop beating & blood stops flowing. They build up high concentrations glucose in their organs & tissues which prevents cells from shrinking/dying. When spring arrives, they thaw out & hop away.
6EGmw TIL that the sugar industry promoted sugar as a weight loss product.
epadk TIL that Histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal, the life story of a 12th century knight named William Marshal, is the only known written biography of a nonroyal to survive the Middle Ages.