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TIL the cities of Chicago and Washington D.C. have curfews prohibiting anyone under 18 years to be outside after 10-12 PM.

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D1R1g TIL October Sky is an anagram of Rocket Boys, the original name of the source memoir.
rg0W TIL of Venus Ramey, tobacco farmer and Miss America 1944, who at age 82 confronted two thieves with a .38 then shot out their tires when they tried to escape
R54ma TIL "gene guns" (referred to formally as biolistic particle delivery systems) exist. They work by firing small, metal bullets coated with genetic material at a target. While normally used on plants due to the relative ease of transformation, they have also been tested on animal cell cultures.
J1jBk TIL a liquor store in Oklahoma City installed a machine gun tower on the roof of the store after being bombed by the mafia multiple times
xAW0 TIL 48% of Americans can immediately come up with $400 in emergency cash without borrowing it or selling something (via 2013 Federal Reserve report)