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TIL: Pennsylvania makes 80% of US pretzels

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a8jM TIL Ugg boots were invented by surfers to keep their feet warm after leaving the cold ocean
OxG4 TIL that Jesse Owens was the 10th child in a poor family. The day after his 5th birthday he developed a large fibrous bump on his chest. As they couldn’t afford a doctor, his mother used a sterilized kitchen knife to carve into his chest and remove a golf-ball sized growth.
mxp0v TIL about Mexican singer Chalino Sanchez receiving a death threat telling him to stop singing at his last concert on May 15, 1992, but continued singing despite the warning. He was killed later that night in Culiacan, Sinaloa.
gVQ4 TIL that in 2013, a 15 year old Alabama boy committed suicide after learning he might be placed on the sex offender registry after “streaking” at a high school football game.
R55Xa TIL that the FCC prohibits replications of the Emergency Alert System tone. Broadcasters misusing it can be sanctioned and fined. In 2013, the trailer for Olympus Has Fallen had EAS tones and cable providers were fined $1.9 million dollars.