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TIL more Americans live in Mexico City than Wyoming.

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j6NoN TIL, while you can go any speed on the Autobahn when indicated by signs, the recommended speed is 130 km per hour. If you are in an accident going 170 km per hour and it could have been avoided at the lesser speed, you will be automatically partially or fully faulted for the accident.
OoR4Y TIL the Khlysty, a Russian Christian sect, would engage at the end of their services in "group sinning" (a frenzied sexual orgy), to purify themselves from the lusts of the flesh. They believed that salvation required total repentance, which was far more achievable for one who had truly transgressed
4XZvJ TIL that color photography has existed since 1907. The "autochrome" process used millions of microscopic red, green and blue colored potato starch grains that filtered light before it reached the emulsion on a glass plate.
w5dJ TIL There is no federal law banning civilians from owning and using flamethrowers
mKOp TIL Babies are born without kneecaps. They don’t properly form until the child reaches 3-5 years of age.