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TIL Warranty void stickers have no legal standing in the US thanks to the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act

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R7l87 TIL that the marker for the Four Corners Monument in the US where visitors put their bodies in four states at once, is off by 1,800 feet to the east meaning most tourists technically just visited New Mexico.
d8wA7 TIL that Ice T has narrated a Dungeons and Dragons audiobook. He also pronounced the W in "sword" throughout.
wLGd1 TIL why toothpaste makes orange juice awful. A common detergent/surfactant called sodium lauryl sulphate in toothpaste both suppresses sweet receptors, and destroys phospholipids in your mouth which inhibit your bitter receptors. So it employs a double-whammy impact to your taste buds!
DQ58Y TIL ESPN credited "social media sleuthing skills" with helping shape the league's investigation in the Houston Astros sign stealing scandel.
WRD9 TIL in the famous Casablanca scene where French refugees defy the Nazis by singing their national anthem, many are played by actual refugees who had just fled the Nazis – which is why many are visibly weeping as they sing