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TIL it was illegal for men to be topless on US beaches as late as the 1930’s

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vP4KB Til Irving Berlin's first wife contracted typhoid fever on their honeymoon in Havana. She died 5 months later. He eventually remarried and was married for 62 years until his second wife's death.

J1wm4 TIL that in Haiti, there is a food called a "galette", a cookie made out of literal mud

4kka6 TIL the only commodity banned from futures trading in the United States is … onions

dX1Q TIL Quentin Tarantino had considered making “The Vega Brothers”. The film would have starred Michael Madsen and John Travolta reprising their roles of Vic (Mr. Blonde) from Reservoir Dogs and Vincent from Pulp Fiction.

l70xA TIL that 110 years ago members of the Colorado National Guard opened fire and killed 21 coal miners and their family members when they were on strike for better working conditions.