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TIL in Mexico, alcohol sales are banned on election days, and sometimes several days before.

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BWPK TIL that a Scot was awarded a medal for gallantry by the Queen for kicking a terrorist, who was on fire, in the testicles.
Oogb6 TIL that the archaic study of head shape (Phrenology) is responsible for many sayings. Intelligent people had a "highbrow", stupid people had a "lowbrow", people with balanced attributes' heads were "well-rounded" and psychiatrists would reduce areas of people's brains and were called "shrinks".
0j6p TIL A World Trade Centre security officer Rick Rescorla anticipated attacks on the towers and implemented evacuation procedures credited with saving many lives. He died during the attacks of September 11, 2001, while leading evacuees from the South Tower.
OGGKY TIL, that explorer Alexander Mackenzie and crew travelled a total of 4800km by canoe and portage in 1789 to the Arctic Ocean and back from Fort Chipewyan. 4 years later, in 1793, they travelled 3700km from Fort Fork to the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to find new routes for the fur trade.
K9dB TIL that German used to be the second most widely spoken language in the US, before it was forcibly repressed during WWI. Many local governments, schools and newspapers would operate in German.