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TIL it is a crime to own more than six dildos in Texas.
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TIL in 1808, Monsieur de Grandpre and Monsieur de Pique dueled for the love of a woman in a hot air balloon fight 900 yards above Paris. The duel ended when Grandpre’s shot punctured Pique’s hot air balloon, causing Pique to plummet to his death.
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TIL that the Germans have a word “Kabelsalat” to describe messy cables. It literally translates as “Cable Salad”.
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TIL the words "Kurds", "Kurdistan", or "Kurdish" were officially banned by the Turkish government. They called them "Mountain Turks" instead. The Kurdish language was also prohibited until 1991.
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TIL about the Western Interior Seaway, an ancient inland sea that divided North America during the Late Cretaceous period, around 100 to 66 million years ago. This vast body of water submerged present-day states such as Kansas, Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming, and Texas
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TIL that filming Star Wars in Tunisia was hindered by the first major rainstorm in 50 years, and The Empire Strikes Back filming in Norway was hindered by the worst winter storm in 50 years.