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TIL: Japan uses high frequency noises that only young people can hear to disperse loitering teenagers

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PYXYg TIL it's not actually illegal to drive barefoot. In many countries including the UK, US and Canada it's fine as long as you have the ability to operate the controls safely.
WLvA TIL that there was a ‘golden tree’ in British Columbia, that was illegally cut down. The man who did it disappeared before he made it to trial.
vPD0B TIL of Bess Myerson, who was the first Jewish Miss America. There was controversy about her win and three of the pageant's five sponsors withdrew from having her represent their companies as Miss America. She later became a politician
OGJ16 TIL that tie dye is very old and was independently created in China, Japan, pre Colombian Peru, and India almost two thousand years ago
dD9rj TIL My chemical romance started there band because of 9/11