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TIL: You can’t get a US passport if you owe more than $2,500 in child support in any US state.

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R7EL9 TIL Carmel, a city in Indiana, has the highest number of traffic roundabouts in the US. Since late 1990s the city has built 125 roundabouts.
RnDQ TIL A star called Betelgeuse will supernova “soon” and becomes Earths second sun for 2 weeks
X8jE TIL that The Catholic Church who formerly denied Heliocentrism, today has its own observatory located just outside Rome. The observatory is fully supported by the Holy See and its staff double as research scientists and Jesuit brothers.
jNYnn TIL that the Roman peoples, or the rather wealthy Roman peoples, consumed an artificial sweetener called Sapa. The sweetener was usually made within lead pots, which led many of the people who consumed it to lead poisoning.
nAGG TIL that in an effort to increase sales, some clothing stores use mirrors that make you look about 10 pounds thinner