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TIL The lack of an Oxford Comma in Maine state law cost Oakhurst Dairy $10 million in overtime pay for its drivers.

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gMvDX TIL William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody had incredibly progressive views in his time. He openly spoke out against slavery in 1853 and was stabbed twice by an angered member of the mostly pro-slavery crowd; and advocated equal rights for women, the civil rights of Natives, and conservationism.
65PZ TIL Navy SEALs brains are trained to alter the way the amygdala processes fear.
M00W TIL that Hank Williams Jr’s signature beard, hat and sunglasses look are to disguise his disfigurement from when he fell almost 500 feet onto rock while mountain climbing in 1975
eoLD TIL in 2014 an election candidate was arrested in the UK for inciting hatred after reading verbatim a quote by Winston Churchill
b95O7 TIL Cloudberries are an extremely rare berry because they cannot be grown commercially and can only harvested in the mountains,mainly Scandinavia.