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TIL the state of Ohio requires drivers convicted of a DUI to drive with unique bright yellow license plates

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grMx7 TIL in Jekyll Island Georgia, if you own a home you don't own the land.
0wk0j TIL when Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire was stepping out of her carriage one day, an Irish dustman exclaimed: "Love and bless you, my lady, let me light my pipe in your eyes!" Thereafter, whenever others complimented her, she would say, "After the dustman's compliment, all others are insipid."
16vmV TIL of all the Commanders and Leaders from the Chechen Republic during the 2nd Chechen War when it began 1999-2009. Only 1 is still alive today, Akhmed Zakayev.
mn1y TIL the Opportunity rover is still gathering scientific observations and reporting back to Earth after being on Mars for 10 years - over 40 times its designed lifespan
ka6B TIL that Christianity in its first two centuries was in some respects more progressive towards women than it is today. A number of influential women from that era have simply been forgotten from history.