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TIL clothes are exempt from sales tax in New York if it’s under $110

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R7ZJ7 TIL that some firefighters in the US are trained on how to treat aliens in case of an invasion.
YoXG TIL that New York City in the 70s was known as “Fear City” and a very blunt tourist notice was displayed in order to keep tourists from ending up in dangerous situations.
d8xxd TIL Charles D Barger was gassed in WWI, received the Medal of Honor and a record 10 Purple Hearts, became a policeman after the war and was shot 5 times during a shootout. Later in life he was shot by a deputy and died from self-inflicted burn injuries sustained during a mental breakdown.
4DYw TIL since 1940 85% of those who have attempted to break the water speed record have died in the attempt
vPDED TIL that Red-Green forms of colour blindness and more common than Blue-Yellow because the former comes from the x-chromozone pair, which in men is xy and thus men are more likely to have Red-Green colour blindness; Blue-Yellow's source is a chromozone pair 7 and thus not sex-based