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1NOr TIL California is one of 12 states that requires the sale of alcohol be available to the public. This means you can buy alcohol from Costco without membership or Costco cash card.
jNKAR [TIL] that the Muppets first big break was on The Jimmy Dean Show (the sausage guy) from 1963-66. Rowlf the dog had a 7-10 minute spot with Jimmy every episode. Jim Henson was so grateful he offered Dean 40% of the Muppets, but he turned it down saying he didn't earn it.
1aQ64 TIL the vending machine was invented in the 1st century AD by Hero of Alexandria. It dispensed Holy Water, and was apparently created because people were taking more Holy Water then they were paying for
168e8 TIL that the 1992 Dream Team, widely considered the best basketball team ever assembled, only practiced together for six days in Monaco before winning the Olympics. Monaco was selected in part because it would be attractive to a team with some notorious gamblers.
XJxj TIL in 1940 the Polish Underground Army purposefully had a soldier detained and sent to Auschwitz in order to collect intelligence.