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TIL 10 US states have absolutely no vehicle inspection whatsoever (i.e no safety, emissions, or VIN inspections)

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76yb TIL: The “Pinky Promise” originally indicated that the person who breaks the promise must cut off their pinky finger.
jN0Ra TIL the name of "Spam" is a portmanteau of "spiced ham".
J78Q TIL: Until recently rabies had a 100% kill rate making it one of the deadliest viruses.
165G7 TIL of the largest floating vessel ever built, the Shell Prelude Floating Liquified Natural Gas platform
gM59A TIL that in 1986, when a murdered woman was found by her husband in their LA apartment, the LAPD considered the case a botched burglary. The woman’s father said that an old lover of his daughter’s husband-an LA cop, was the murderer. He was proven right by a DNA match over 20 years later.