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TIL that in Ontario, Canada, the disabled do not need fishing licenses. Possession of any number of disabled-service documents (e.g. Parking permit, etc.) is equivalent to a fishing license.

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lB6G TIL that in 1959 the USPS attempted to deliver mail by cruise missile and successfully shipped cargo from New jersey to Florida in 22 minutes
9dOr TIL A long-closed car dealership, was holding onto a bunch of Brand-New 1950’s era cars with 1-2 miles on them. Some protected with plastic!
6xmJ TIL that Johnson & Johnson knew their baby powder product caused ovarian cancer in some consumers, but sold it anyway. A victim successfully sued for $70 million but J&J still maintained that their baby powder was “perfectly safe”.
6KkY TIL there was a county in Tennessee that, during the Civil War, decided not to join the Confederacy. Instead, Scott County seceded and formed the Free State of Scott. It didn’t officially rejoin Tennessee until 1986.
neond TIL Based on da Vinci's work, there is evidence that the artist had strabismus: one eye is straight, while the other eye can drift. Some forms of strabismus are thought to facilitate artistic work by suppressing the deviating eye, which creates 2D monocular vision advantageous to painting & drawing