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TIL That there is an automated bot that will fax your congress representatives via text message! Just text “Resist” to 50409

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nWVoB TIL on rare occasions, childrens' lemonade stands in the U.S. have been shut down due to not having a business license or permit. One such incident happened in Overton, Texas in 2015 and when the child's mother tried to get a permit, she was told she would be required to have her kitchen inspected.
4K85 TIL: A flood in 1990 led to a bull shark entering an Australian golf course lake. There’s now 12 fully grown adults in the fresh water lake.
LQmQQ Today I learned that in chariot racing women were allowed to win races through property, although there was a ban on married women participating as competitors or even spectators in the Olympics, supposedly under penalty of death.
P1Kmw TIL That Nasa delivered the first Exam in space
w68M TIL of the Copsey Brothers who were the first men to build a jail in Lower Lake, Ca, the first to occupy it, after celebrating its completion too enthusiastically, and the first to escape, after realizing they had forgotten to nail down the roof.