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TIL Louisiana’s coastline is disappearing at the rate of a football field AN HOUR

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L4g0 TIL in the state of Minnesota, it’s illegal to sell a US flag that is manufactured outside of the US. You can be fined up to $1,000 or be sentenced to up to 90 days in jail, or both.
m1Wey TIL that patriarchal surnames were uncommon in pre-Norman England
1aA4r TIL that Stephen Colbert's father and two of his brothers were killed in the plane crash that sparked the FAA's Sterile Cockpit regulation back in 1974.
LkG6Z TIL that people with a defective FMO3 secrete TMA into their bodily fluids and thus attain a smell of spoiled fish, a condition designated ‘fish odour syndrome’
epjoL TIL that there is a convent in Philadelphia where the habits of the nuns are bright pink to symbolize the joy of the Holy Spirit