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TIL it is illegal to release balloons in the state of Florida

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WpGY TIL the Häagen-Dazs ice cream creator was American and made up the brand name to sound Danish, unique, and sophisticated. It doesn’t mean anything.
rRrNy TIL first female boxer, first ever elevator & first black athlete to win Olympic gold
nWj0W TIL that the oldest Quran manuscript was carbon dated to be around the year 568 to 645.It is called the Birmingham Quran manuscript and it is located in Birmingham University.It was most likely written during the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad.
9w0WQ TIL that McIntosh is actually a variety of apple. And, the name Macintosh was inspired from the same.
Wkea9 TIL the reason police tap on taillights or run their fingers along the side of a car during a traffic stop is because it left DNA evidence used to identify the vehicle afterwards without pictures or video. Now all patrol cars have cameras but it still occurs since it was part of training for decades