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TIL of the Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act. While in active duty military, you can submit a request to your credit card lenders to lower your interest rate to a maximum of 6%, and they are required by law to comply. This applies to debt incurred before joining as well.

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EgrnW TIL the movie Footloose is based on a real event. Elmore City, Oklahoma banned dancing in 1898 and kept the law until a group of high school students protested during the 1979-1980 school year. The Town Council voted to repeal the law 3-2 and the school students were allowed to hold a prom.
QJ0De TIL Orson Welles War of the Worlds radio broadcast wasn't widely believed but was remade for Ecuador where it mobilized police and military. When the hoax was uncovered a mob burned down the radio station, tragically killing 6 employees that may not have even known it was happening.
VryQ TIL that China produces 20 million tons of garlic each year, four times more than the rest of the world combined. It’s more than 14kgs per capita annually.
vPEGD TIL during the filming of the bulgarien movie Khan Asparuh 20,000 soldiers and 1,300 horses were mobilized. NATO was thinking that Bulgaria is preparing for a war.
5Ydyn TIL of the Hutterites; a religious group similar to the Amish, with the exception that they utilize modern equipment and technology to run complex farming and manufacturing operations on hundreds of colonies across the Western US and Canada.