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TIL smoking is still allowed in bars in Indiana

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QJe99 TIL the longest prison sentence ever given in the U.S. was a sentence for 30,000 years!
b6Y94 TIL Tekken has the longest running video game storyline without major reboots or retcons
YpWNA TIL that PG-13 system was created by the MPAA due to complaints regarding the violent nature of some scenes from two Spielberg films - Gremlins, and more prominently Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom. This was based on Spielberg's own suggestion to Jack Valenti, who created the original MPAA ratings.
KYZgJ TIL there are 56 United States Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipients who received the medal for jumping on grenades and mines to save the lives of their comrades.
NX7mJ TIL the Statute of Liberty isn't named as a representative of freedom, it's literally the Statute of Liberty, the Roman goddess of liberation.