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TIL Littering can result in imprisonment of up to six years in Tennessee

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ANbdg TIL The USDA defines sandwiches as, "at least 35% cooked meat and no more than 50% bread" for closed sandwiches, and "at least 50% cooked meat" for open sandwiches.
GYb1Q TIL of Masanobu Tsuji, a Japanese war criminal who executed POWs on Bataan, fled to Indochina, and disappeared into Laos in 1961. He was later rumored to be working for North Vietnam. A CIA report said he was "the type of man who would start World War III without any misgivings."
J1mOm TIL there are 5 dwarf planets in our solar system, the criteria for which is they must orbit a star, be round, and clear similar-sized neighbors. Pluto is currently one of those 5, demoted on August 24, 2006.
epmeg TIL that William J. Sharkey, a NYC politician, was convicted of murder in 1873 but soon escaped from The Tombs (a notorious Manhattan prison) by disguising himself as a female visitor. He escaped to Cuba and was never apprehended.
LQlW9 TIL chlorinated water has no smell. The 'pool smell' is actually chlorine combined with urine. The stronger the pool smell, the more urine in the pool.