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TIL that Ronald Reagan signed an executive order prohibiting assassinations

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wVjo TIL: While building a new highway in Houston this year, engineers found an ancient Indian burial ground. Archaeologists now say there are 10 sets of human remains as old as 14,000 years.
rRlA0 TIL that some US $1 bills minted from 1992 to 1996 can be worth up to $1300 because they were printed using a different method.
Z5Jo TIL Hallucinatory ‘voices’ shaped by local culture. In the U.S.A., voices are harsh and threatening while those heard by schizophrenics in Africa and India tend to be more benign and playful.
AN1Xl TIL There’s a pay phone in Takoma Park, MD, that only makes bird calls. If you pick up the handset, you’ll hear the call of the Mourning Dove instead of a dial tone. Press a key to hear another bird call along with its identification and info about it. The phone attracts a lot of children.
7r45M TIL that staying awake for more than 24 hours brings deficiencies in performance equivalent to having a blood alcohol level of more than 0.10. Most western developed countries consider 0.05 BAC as the threshold for intoxication.