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TIL under California law, you could go to jail for squealing your tires. According to Vehicle Code 23109(c), “exhibition of speed” is a crime.

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OomKR TIL: In Western dress codes, technically a black-tie event is still only 'semi-formal', as fully formal dress is 'white-tie', which for men requires a coat with tails.
neO4W TIL AOL and Yahoo!, which Verizon acquired for $9.2 billion in 2016, were effectively worthless by 2018.
bVaN TIL that the FCC had a rule called the Fairness Doctrine that required News broadcasters to present issues on politics in manner that was honest, equitable, and balanced. It was eliminated in 1987.
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