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TIL billboards are banned in Vermont and Maine

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awn0A TIL that due to shortages penicillin was re-extracted from patients’ urine during World War II
OGBN1 TIL that the lyrics of "Bad Moon Rising" from CCR where often misheard as "there's a bathroom on the right", especially during live performances - prompting John Fogerty to occasionally sing it wrong on purpose to confuse the audience even more.
nEVd TIL a skeleton, only 6-8 inches long was discovered outside a Chilean ghost town. It was declared to be human, and to have lived to be as old as 8 years. A definite explanation for it’s size, mutations, and origin has not been found.
wZj8 TIL a 1988 UK government ban required news stations to overdub IRA speeches with an actor speaking in a neutral tone of voice.
9M0r TIL of a company making an alternative to rat poison for large populations. Instead of killing those that ingest the product, it makes a percentage of them sterile.