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TIL Pennsylvania and Connecticut went to war three times over the area that is now Scranton, Pennsylvania

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b97BZ TIL that in 2007, German police identified the DNA of a woman at six murders. Fearing this unknown killer, they offered a 300,000 euro reward for her capture. In 2009, she was identified. She worked at the factory that manufactured the DNA swabs.
9xmQ TIL that in the city of Mackinac Island, Michigan, cars have been banned since 1898
e8Kk TIL that the reason so many traditional legal terms come in pairs (aid and abet, null and void, part and parcel, will and testament) is that old English courts used English terms along with Latin or French terms to avoid confusion.
N7GvQ TIL Fruit Loops don't have different flavors-they are ALL the same exact flavor.
p8W7G TIL of the "Returning Soldier Effect" where more male babies than female babies were born after both World Wars in almost all belligerent countries. Reason: unknown.