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TIL it is illegal for 2 unmarried of opposite sex to live together in Florida. And Mississippi and Michigan too.

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rvKw TIL that if you loose a tooth but can put it back in it’s socket within 20 minutes, there’s an extremely high chance that the roots will heal themselves.
8elyG TIL Activision tried to buy out Tony Hawk’s royalty rights from him for $500k when the game was launching. He declined.
VvbG TIL There was once a contractor named Hoosier employed on the Louisville and Portland Canal who preferred to hire laborers from Indiana. They were called “Hoosier’s men” and eventually all Indianans were called Hoosiers.
XEjMX TIL: Only one man was uniquely present at (and witness to) all three of the first nuclear detonations. The Trinity Nuclear Test and the Hiroshima as well as the Nagasaki detonations. Scientist: Lawrence H. 'Larry' Johnston.
6EL9Y TIL space smells like burnt steak. Astronauts have also reported space to smell metallic, or like gunpowder. Others have hypothesized that it could smell like raspberries.