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TIL it is illegal for bars in Colorado to sell beer with LESS than 4% alcohol by volume

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nePxb TIL Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in extracting a complete human genome from a thousands-of-years old "chewing gum."
po0Q TIL that Blu-Ray discs hold more data because the laser is actually blue, which has as shorter wavelength than red and can read more accurately, allowing for more storage
E1xV0 TIL one of Saint Nicholas' most famous gifts was giving a poor man enough money for each of his three daughters to have a proper dowry. This allowed the three girls to avoid a lifetime of prostitution to make ends meet.
69er7 TIL that serial killer Carl Panzram was so intent on being executed that he personally sent death threats to anti capital punishment activists trying to stop his execution
69MyZ TIL in more than a hundred Brazilian telenovelas broadcast from the 1970s to the 1990s, 72 percent of the main female characters younger than 50 years old had no children. Brazilian telenovelas were responsible for an average 11 percent drop in fertility among women over 35.