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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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b9wKN TIL The "New England Vampire Panic" was an event in the 19th century where people thought that "consumption"(Tuberculosis) was actually the result of vampires. It got to the point where people would dig up those who died of Tuberculosis and stake them through the heart.
wL1NJ TIL that in Switzerland prostitution was legal for 16 year old girls until a law raised the legal age to 18 years in 2013.
KYXoQ TIL Cucumbers was for a while commonly known as "cowcumbers". As they were seen as only good for animal fodder.
M74QW TIL that Japan has a town named "Usa" which many believed was deliberately named to promote goods as "Made in USA"
x69lb TIL about 'Blue Peacocks,' where the British military tried to deter Soviet aggression using a nuclear landmine and almost used chickens to detonate it.