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TIL that the U.S. put strict regulations on steam engines because they were dangerous to operate. To get around this law, one company made boilers full of boiling gasoline instead of water.

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R5lPa TIL Bestiality is still legal in Hawaii, New Mexico, West Virginia, and Wyoming
nWk8G TIL T-mobile charges $15,000 per gigabyte roaming rate. No Joke
rRJro TIL the first state-issued license plate in the USA, a Massachusetts plate from 1903, is still being used by a relative of the original licensee.
l7pXr TIL of the Crazy Horse Memorial, a mountain carving monument of an Oglala Lakota warrior, has been under construction about 10 mi from Mt. Rushmore since 1948. Crazy Horse's face is about 50% large than those of the Mt. Rushmore presidents.
v19ar TIL that former Waffen-SS soldiers guarded Nazi War Criminals during the Nuremburg Tribunal. This was because the soldiers were Latvian conscripts and did not choose to become soldiers out of their own free will, thus clearing their names and allowing their skills to continue to be put to use.