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TIL that in Massachussets, it’s illegal to listen to music in a public place without the use of headphones

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BPAr TIL in the year 1000, to save Iceland from civil war, both parties elected the wisest man to suggest a peaceful solution. He decided on a mass conversion to Christianity that tolerated pagan worship in private. And everyone agreed. He even converted himself.
5VnRD TIL that when sperm whales started getting killed for lamp oil, they were able to develop and spread effective defence tactics across the ocean in just a few years
pWMQ TIL: Worlds deadliest sniper Simo Häyhä has 505 confirmed kills under 100 days.
8WNL TIL that China has banned live streams of people eating bananas in a “seductive” fashion.
L1Yr TIL: In 1995, St. Jude’s Hospital received an anonymous letter with a $1 million winning McDonald’s Monopoly game piece. Although it was against the rules to transfer prizes, McDonald’s honored it even after learning that the piece was sent by an individual involved in an embezzlement scheme.