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TIL that there has never been a state or federal law on the books that prohibited killing a praying mantis. Since the 1950s, a rumor has circulated that killing a praying mantis carries a fine.

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8egXL TIL all the instruments on Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You are either programmed or from a synthesizer. Carey’s co-writer on the song, Walter Afanasieff originally had a live band do the instrumental but was unsatisfied with the result and redid it by himself.
7AkO TIL of a bush similar to stinging nettle native to Australia capable of killing humans
8ZmX TIL in 1988, a retired police officer found Cyril Smith, British MP with 144 accusations of child molestation and abuse, in a home with a sex offender and two drunk teenage boys. He was threatened to be prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act. Nothing happened.
vPwWj TIL about Blackout Wednesday, or the night before Thanksgiving in Amercia, as people are off work and college students go back home. In some cities, it's the worst drunk driving night of the year.
BgVjW TIL Jim Henson owned a green Kermit-eyed 1978 Lotus that some called the "Car-mit"