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TIL in addition to the more familiar AMBER Alert, Texas has two additional codes: CLEAR Alerts for abducted adults between 18-64 and Camo Alerts for missing active duty military or veterans with mental illness and/or injuries.

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EdQW TIL in 1993 Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders recommended that the Government study the idea of legalizing drugs and suggested that doing so might reduce violent crimes. She was fired about a week later by President Clinton.
47B5 TIL: On September 13, 2001, the Queen broke a 600 year tradition, giving permission for the US national anthem to be played at Buckingham Palace during the Changing of the Guard, as a musical tribute to the fallen.
5Y0rQ TIL that the Red Cross charges hospitals about $150 for each pint of blood.
nWWZB TIL that many food products readily sold for consumption in the US are illegal and banned in Europe because they contain dangerous substances, like arsenic and growth hormones, that cause cancer and birth defects.
1aaJX TIL that a teenage girl invented the genre of science fiction