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TIL Women can be topless in public in most states!

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8e7YZ TIL: That two days before Britain declared war on Germany in 1939, the BBC was taken off air with little warning, the last programme to be shown being a Mickey Mouse cartoon. The government was concerned that the VHF transmissions would act as a a beacon to enemy aircraft that could bomb London.
LQ5np TIL that Hydra are small freshwater invertebrates whose stem cells exist in a continuous state of renewal. Kept safe and in isolation, these organisms show no signs of aging.
bN4E TIL The concept of Combat Information Centers on warships was taken “specifically, consciously, and directly” from science fiction.
wLkDE TIL the US entered the Vietnam War after an American naval ship was attacked by the North Vietnamese in the Gulf of Tonkin... except the attack never happened. There wasn't even a North Vietnamese ship in the area.
6E9Bw TIL Disney instructed the game developers for the 1994 Lion King on Sega Genesis to create a puzzle level so hard that the game cannot be beaten within a period of time to extend and meet Blockbuster rental program rules and the rental market.(starts at 18:30)