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TIL fedoras were originally a fashionable piece of clothing for women’s rights activists

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0dAlL TIL that the Ohio Supreme Court ruled 5-2 that landowners were not liable after a man who was driving a vehicle slid on black ice, crashed into their fortified mailbox, and became paralyzed.
ZbQo TIL “Old People Smell” is caused by a molecule called 2-Nonenal, which increases in your body as you age.
ANYPd TIL Idaho (a landlocked state) has an active seaport that is 465 miles (750 KM) away from the Pacific Ocean.
awErJ TIL The NETHERLANDS MAKES TRAINS FREE ON NATIONAL BOOK DAY FOR THOSE WHO SHOW A BOOK INSTEAD OF TICKET
M7ZRB TIL in 2012 every household in the Spanish town, Sodeto (250 people in 70 households), except one collectively entered the lottery El Gordo & ended up winning $130K each. The only person not included was Costis Mitsotakis cause the local association who sold tickets door-to-door forgot to go to his.