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TIL Air Force One is any plane carrying the President, not the name of the plane

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60DQ TIL it is illegal for a wife to take her husband’s name in Quebec, Canada.
4kNxa TIL about Areca Nut (Betel Nut) - a widely consumed psychoactive substance in Southeast Asia and parts of the Pacific, with severe health risks affecting millions of people worldwide, and ongoing efforts to combat its addictive properties.
Mena0 TIL that Schrödinger actually hated his cat in a box theory; he made it up as a way to mock the current theory of quantum mechanics and accidentally created a great example
8NVa TIL Netflix funded $246,664 to approve Prop 47, which “Reduces simple drug possession and theft-related sentences to misdemeanors and directs financial savings to substance abuse programs, K-12 education, and trauma recovery services for crime victims.”
OoPDg TIL Ounce by ounce, Nutritious food costs up to 10 times more than junk food.