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TIL that it is legal to marry your first cousin in California and New York... but not in Kentucky, Louisiana, or Mississippi.

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b9E07 TIL that the story 'Jack and the Beanstalk' is over 5000 years old, making it one of the oldest stories that we know of that is still told today.
8kJb TIL scientists have found that the older a father is when his child is born, the uglier the child tends to be. However, a child with an older father is more likely to live longer than a child of with a young father.
9YN5m TIL in 2004, two Brazillians were arrested in Miami International, after one, asked about his air pump, said that he was carrying a “bomba” (Portugese for “pump”). This, complete with an “it might explode” comment from the other Brazilian, led to both being imprisoned.
wL791 TIL that Hyborian War a play-by-mail game. The game has been continuously available for worldwide play since its inception in 1985 and has changed little in its overall format.
R6G7 TIL there used to be 8 ft. tall 300lb carnivorous flightless birds in North and South America known colloquially as Terror Birds