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TIL in Burma, drunk driving is punishable by either six months in jail, or USD 50 cents fine, or both.

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LkpYd TIL that in former soviet territories there are hundreds of small, abandoned nuclear generators (250W tops) in total disrepair.
78JDr TIL Groundhog Day is scripted in advance: members of an "Inner Circle" decide ahead of time whether Punxsutawney Phil will see his shadow or not, and they announce this decision at the ceremony without waiting to see if Phil returns to his burrow or not.
7rxnr TIL The Battle of Athens (sometimes called the McMinn County War) was a rebellion led by citizens in Athens and Etowah, Tennessee, United States, against the local government in August 1946
awr0y TIL the Vaquita porpoise is so endangered that there are only 9 left in the wild. They are the world’s most endangered marine mammal.
dDDp9 TIL; Wally Feresten has worked with every “Saturday Night Live” cast member for the last 30 years as the "cue card guy".