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TIL about 19% of Americans believed the government was responsible for the 9/11 attacks

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GYQZG TIL that it's actually illegal to ride a float in a Mardis Gras parade in New Orleans without wearing a mask. The tradition was started to allow people of different social classes to mingle without damaging their reputations.
x6AkB Today I learned how to shuffle cards. (Bridge Shuffle)
ODmR TIL Mithridates IV was paranoid of being poisoned so he took small doses throughout his life to build up an immunity. When he was finally captured by the Romans, he tried to kill himself with poison but couldn’t because he was immune.
nepvB TIL Crows will sometimes actively hunt rabbits and have even been noted as chasing the bunnies off of fields and onto the road, where the rabbits are hit by cars and subsequently eaten by the birds!
KWeQ TIL Because McDonald’s chicken McNuggets were so well received, every franchise wanted them and there wasn’t a system to supply enough chicken. As a result of the chicken shortage, they developed the McRib to give the franchises a new product.