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TIL It is illegal to tickle a female in Virginia

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nWPjP TIL in 2014, the Australian fast food chain Hungry Jack's allowed customers to redeem prize-winning tickets from the McDonald's Monopoly game at its own restaurants.
o4xL TIL that Vidkun Quisling, the Norwegian prime minister during the Nazi occupation, was sentenced to death 2 years after he introduced death sentence to the country.
e0QJb TIL The $10,000 bill featuring the portrait of Secretary of the Treasury, Salmon P. Chase, was the highest denomination US currency ever to publicly circulate. A $100,000 bill featuring the portrait of Woodrow Wilson was issued, its purpose was to transfer funds between Federal Reserve Banks.
0wGKv TIL actor Jon Heder’s famous dance finale in the cultural phenomenon comedy movie "Napoleon Dynamite" was shot with a roll of about 10 minutes of film left. Heder danced three times, and the entire dance sequence in the final cut was taken from those. The film earned $46M from a budget of $400K.
e057b TIL when Arnold Schwarzenegger was Governor of California, rival politicians accused him of hiding the words, 'Fuck You', in an acrostic-style message to them when he vetoed a bill. When asked, Schwarzenegger's campaign team said, "My goodness. What a coincidence."