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TIL that "Texas is a common law marriage state. Therefore, 2 willing parties (who are over 18, unmarried and aren’t related) are legally married if they publicly announce they’re married 3 times."

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YpkeP TIL George Washington allegedly said before his death that he "will never set foot in London again!" so when they erected a statue of him in London, they put US soil under the statue to honor that claim.
R7kY9 TIL Michael Jordan once tipped a waitress a $5 chip for bringing him a drink. Wayne Gretzky stopped the waitress, removed the $5 chip, grabbed one of the many $100 chips on Jordan’s side of the table, and gave it to her. Then he said, "That's how we tip in Las Vegas, Michael."
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XEOaP TIL that prisoners in Auschwitz concentration camp attacked the SS guards with stones, axes, and makeshift hand grenades and killed 3 Nazi SS guards, one of whom was burned alive by the prisoners in the oven of Crematorium II.