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

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xVNr1 TIL that while American Sign Language is NOT universal and vastly different than even other English speaking countries, it is similar to French Sign Language because of frenchman Laurent Clerc who helped found the first school of the Deaf in America.
j65LR TIL Memorial Day Was First Celebrated In Boalsburg PA In 1864, Two Years Before Waterloo First Celebrated Memorial's Day
nGW TIL that you spend 40 minutes of each day blind
e05Bb TIL that some countries (Russia, Norway, Eastern Europe) clap in rhythmic unison to express approval and enjoyment, as opposed to random clapping
E1Qd7 TIL there really is a hotel like the one used in the movie 'Bad Times at the El Royale.' It's called the Cal Neva Lodge and is split into California and Nevada sides just like in the movie. The lodge was owned, in part, by Frank Sinatra at one point.