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TIL Idaho is the only state that expressly bans cannibalism.

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QJW4k TIL: Benjamin Franklin was not behind the idea of daylight savings time. In 1784 he sent a satirical essay to a French newspaper, it has been credited to him ever since.
1ag9P TIL Clyde Frog was a real TV show character in the 1970s, and not just one of Eric Cartman's stuffed animals.
J1aoV TIL about Charles Mayers a seaman who survived the Halifax explosion. The explosion hurled him several hundred metres in the air and he landed naked on a hill a mile away.
v0b7 TIL that a “band-aid” for “people of color” was marketed in the late 90s and early 00s, but failed to gain traction, partly due to retailers insistence on only featuring the item in the “ethnic sections” rather than in-line with its “white” counterparts.
KOLQQ TIL the 2002 Canadian cartoon 'RoboRoach' (which followed the story of a cyborg cockroach) was inspired by the true story of cyborg cockroaches created by scientists at the University of Tokyo