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TIL that in 2006, Illinois declared that Pluto was given planetary status but only while it passed over the state skies.

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YDax TIL A woman had a heart attack on a plane, when the stewardess asked if there was a doctor on board, 15 stood up, they were on their way to a cardiology conference.
p8wjG TIL if you don’t pay a hotel bill in Ontario, there is a law that says that hotel can sell your horse
d8MnB TIL of Heart Attack Grill, a Las Vegas restaurant where people over 350 lbs. eat free. 3 people have died while eating there, and the only vegan option on their menu is cigarettes.
woxWP TIL The first New Year’s Eve ball was dropped in Times Square in 1907. In response to a ban on fireworks implemented that year, an electrician built the ball as an alternative way to celebrate New Year’s Eve. He constructed a wood and iron ball that weighed 700 pounds and featured 100 light bulbs.
LQQdV TIL that prehistoric humans found fossils and used them to decorate their stone tools. The oldest such fossil is in a knife made by Homo heidelbergensis 400,000 years ago.