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TIL: Town planning was an Olympic event up until 1948

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eXLg TIL in Washington state, it’s illegal for anyone with any contagious disease to willfully expose themselves to the public.
YP4x TIL that American courts have begun citing Urban Dictionary to clarify slang terms whose meanings are important to the outcome of court cases, such as to “jack” meaning to steal
0w7OR TIL it’s suggested the older a man is when he fathers a child, the more likely the child will develop schizophrenia
oRMWE TIL that according to every estimate available the average European was much richer than the average Indian and Chinese even before the Industrial revolution had happened
epxp5 TIL about the Kanopy app. All you need is a library card and you can stream movies and TV shows for free. You get a certain amount of credits per month based on your home library and the kids section is unlimited.