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TIL that Washington State has a mutual combat law that permits legal voluntary street fighting (even for self-made superheros)

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awmpM TIL, that some dogs can understand what we are saying
kOY4W TIL that in December 2013, Tinder had its first Antarctica match between an American McMurdo Station scientist and visiting camper, a 45 minute helicopter ride away
D1eRJ TIL that when John Hughes changed the ending of Pretty in Pink, OMD had just 24 hours to write a new song that would fit. It ended up being "If You Leave", their biggest hit.
Z8Z0R TIL an IKEA in the Netherlands had to cancel their 1 euro breakfast special because it attracted too many customers and caused traffic jams on the highway.
ANglo TIL the word Dollar is the Anglicized version of the German word Thaler, meaning from the valley. Thaler is the shortened version of Joachimthalers, a mine town in the Czech Republic (formerly Bohemia) where silver coins were minted.