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TIL that a section of the budget of the movie "Blues Brothers" was set aside for purchases of cocaine during night shooting.

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GY0rJ TIL it is illegal to fly faster than the speed of sound over the United States.
4kalg TIL Maryland's state motto is in Italian. Fatti maschii, parole femine. It literally translates as "Deeds are males, words are females", but the official translation is "Manly deeds, womanly words." In 2017, the State legislature established it to mean "Strong deeds, gentle words."
a8E00 TIL Squirrels terminal velocity is so low they can fall from any height and survive
J1758 TIL Reese Witherspoon is a direct descendant of John Witherspoon, one of the 56 signers of the United States Declaration of Independence.
neDxY TIL Shouting FIRE! in a crowded theater isn’t illegal. In U.S. v. Schenck, SCOTUS decided a pamphlet opposing the draft in WWI posed a "clear and present danger" to a nation at war. But it was overturned 40 years later.