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TIL the common plastic garden chair is called a "Monobloc" chair, and was once banned in Switzerland for polluting the cityscape.

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Wkle4 TIL the universe was once exactly room temperature (between 10 to 17 million years after the Big Bang).
NyON TIL that males in the United States are still legally required to register for the draft within 30 days of their 18th birthday and can be fined up to $250000 for non-compliance
7rWkZ TIL that a 17-year-old girl who hired two teens to murder her parents appealed her convictions on the grounds of being a minor interviewed by police without parental consent
jN0OR TIL that in parts of India, when a Tiger kills someone in the forest a red cloth is tied to a tree to mark the spot where they are killed and to show where a tiger has been hunting.
e0DNJ TIL Florida appears to have lots of interesting criminal stories because of the Government in the Sunshine Act, which forces everything the government does to be out in public. This includes arrest reports and criminal records.