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TIL oklahoma has an anti red flag law which prevents any part of Oklahoma actually enacting any kind of red flag law.

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nePOB TIL that since 2013 starfishes in the Pacific Ocean have been going through a deadly plague/epidemic. The disease is called Sea Star Wasting Disease which seems to be associated with a virus. It causes the starfishes to tear their limbs apart and eventually leads to their deaths.
ADwV7 TIL: Wearing a tie may seriously damage your body and eyesight
yorv TIL Before Alfonso Cuarón directed the third Harry Potter film, he assigned the three leads to write a first person autobiographical essay about their character. Rupert Grint didn’t write his, saying ‘I’m Ron; Ron wouldn’t do it.’ Cuarón replied 'Okay, you do understand your character.’
X4p8 TIL that a commercial 1989 laptop had a multitasking graphical OS and full office suite, SSD storage and a 60 hour battery life as well as featuring hot-swappable batteries and instant suspend/resume.
DQ1Ke TIL about the Hamlet chicken processing plant fire, where many workers died because multiple exits were blocked or locked.