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TIL: Ohio shames drivers convicted of a DUI with special yellow license plates

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Me7Mb TIL a girl posed as a married man for 8 years while writing about baseball and harassing other women
ADoV7 TIL in 1054, Chinese astronomers noted a bright "guest star" in Taurus that was visible in the daytime for 3 weeks and didn't completely fade out for almost two years. The "guest star" was actually the supernova explosion that created the Crab Nebula, which is located some 6,500 light-years away.
m1knM TIL about self-inflaming plants, such as this cistus plant, which ignites itself to outcompete surrounding flora
yQwQp TIL some people suffer a "weekend migraine" or "let-down headache" on weekends (or other break from a 9-to-5 weekday job) due to a decrease in stress.
OoM77 TIL that Ulysses S. Grant not only created the Department of Justice, he also supported the Fifteenth Amendment and asked Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1871, allowing him to combat and prosecute the Ku Klux Klan.