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TIL that AM Stations Must Reduce Power, Change Operations, or Cease Broadcasting at Night

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OMO1 TIL that Vincent van Gogh sold only one painting in his lifetime, The Red Vineyard, for 400 Francs (about $1600 in 2011).
VM5pB TIL: The Michelin stars given to restaurants for outstanding food are given by the Michelin tire company
R5Pll TIL that the founder of Lipton Tea, Sir Thomas Lipton, was a lifelong bachelor who had a secret relationship with his shop assistant, William Love
DQZBr TIL Mexico is officially called the United Mexican States.
gMgNA TIL of the SS Richard Montgomery: a US WWII ship carrying munitions, grounded 2.4km from Sheerness, UK in 1944, and broken in two by the weight of the bombs on board. An estimated 1,400 tonnes of explosives remain on board the ship. It is monitored constantly & protected by a 500m exclusion zone.