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TIL there is a law in over 9 US states that forbids registered sex offenders from handing out candy or having Halloween lawn decorations on Halloween night

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gaNX TIL a platinum weight kept in a French vault that defines a perfect kg keeps experiencing minor fluctuations in mass. Now a perfect crystal sphere that took two years to polish and has a fixed number of atoms is being developed as the new standard
6EZDW TIL - In response to claims that Star Trek uniforms were sexist by having women wearing short skirts, men started to wear them too, creating what was known as the "skant"(skirt and pant) uniform for men.
1LE4 TIL that in 2010, Ghana doubled police salaries, in part to reduce petty corruption on its highways. However, researchers found that police officers actually demanded larger bribes after the salary increase, despite allowing more trucks to pass without taking bribes.
LE4Q TIL IKEA Let Loose a Herd of 100 Cats Into Store to “See What Happens”
VML6B TIL that cats have accents. Phonetics researchers have suggested that cats and their humans develop a “pidgin language” together to communicate, which may influence regional variations in cat vocalizations.