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TIL South Carolina almost fully legalized and taxed marijuana in 2009.

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BrYyL TIL in a game of hockey, the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 with a zamboni driver in goal (as a back-up).
Y7e1A TIL: PBS covered a 2018 doctoral thesis which found that people who ate ice cream more than twice a week were 12% less likely to develop cardiovascular disease. However, an Italian study showed that eating ice cream does increase the chance of type 2 diabetes
Z8WED TIL Home Alone was filmed in an abandoned high school (and Ferris Bueller's Day Off was filmed there too)
11N4 TIL there is a “Quiet Zone” in the United States where radio transmissions are restricted, and microwave ovens, wifi routers, and cell phones are prohibited.
JBY8 TIL llamas are often kept with sheep because when an animal attacks the flock the llamas will attack viciously even to death