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TIL that making clam chowder with tomatoes is illegal in Maine

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WRkB TIL that many Japanese families were torn apart during World War 2. The radio program Missing Persons, which reunited families, ran from June 1946 until March 1962.
GAXWN TiL that Nils Lofgren, best known as an ace guitar player in Bryce Springsteen's band, played the piano part on Neil Young's song "Southern Man" and that it's style was based on accordion Polka music
JYrdj TIL that diplomats carry 'diplomatic bags'. These house secret information or anything pertaining to the duties of the diplomats who carry it - diplomatic bags have just the same immunity as diplomats themselves, meaning it cannot be opened/searched by law enforcement in a foreign country.
o9d7 TIL in the 1980s, Casablanca’s script was sent to a number of major studios under its original title. Several complained that the script was “not good enough”, “too dated”, “too much dialogue” and “not enough sex”.
QBkM TIL chocolate magnate Milton Hershey launched a ‘Great Building Campaign’ during the Great Depression with the aim of employing more people. When he was told that a steam shovel being used on a project did the work of 40 men, he instructed his foreman: “Take them off. Hire 40 men.”