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TIL that making clam chowder with tomatoes is illegal in Maine

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LER9 TIL in 1995 a Walmart store banned a shirt that said “Someday a Woman Will Be President” because it ran afoul of “the company’s family values.”
QNop6 TIL Cleopatra married her own brothers.
PwYZ TIL in Polish Scrabble, Z is only worth 1 point.
KYkLQ TIL about the Zong Massacre. In 1781, the crew of the British slave ship Zong threw overboard a total of 142 African slaves, claiming a shortage of drinking water. The Zong's owners then made an insurance claim that was first denied, then litigated, granted, appealed, and finally rejected.
rR9bw TIL about Lynlee, the baby that was born twice. Pediatric surgeons, removed her from the womb to cut out a tumor on her spine, placed her back and several weeks later Lynlee was born healthy