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TIL The resort town of Aspen, Colorado, became the first city in the US to restrict smoking in restaurants in 1985

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e01MJ TIL Joe Jamail was a billionaire Texas attorney, infamous in legal circles for his aggressive nature and colorful vulgarities (i.e. "you could gag a maggot off a meat-wagon"). He earned internet notoriety for a deposition video where he tried to fight the opposing counsel and the witness.
dDvQd TIL that the Ancient Egyptians invented foie gras
4vP6 TIL Cartman killed his own dad. Scott Tenorman’s dad, Jack Tenorman, was Eric Cartman’s real father.
QNPxd TIL that from 1959-1962, Major League Baseball played TWO All-Star games per year. The second one was to raise money for player's pensions, and other charities.
5Yl68 TIL of an ongoing soviet fox domestication experiment that selectively bred for 'friendliness'. After a few generations the foxes had other surprising traits like better social skills, larger litter sizes, curlier tails, droopier ears and showed skeletal changes (making them look 'cuter', like dogs)