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TIL Throughout much of the 20th century, a majority of states once required a blood test (mostly for STIs) before issuing a couple a marriage license.

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mxagM TIL the reason allied forces had nets on their helmets during WW2 was to reduce the helmets ‘shine’ and it would also allow soldiers to place bits of foliage to increase their camouflage
aGRJ TIL: If you wrote on your resume or a job application that you were Time magazine’s 2006 person of the year, you would not be lying.
E1DvW TIL that in 1980, oil drillers in Lake Peigneur, Louisiana accidentally poked a 14-inch hole in an active underground salt mine, which drained the entire 2.5 billion gallon lake. Incredibly, there were no fatalities.
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