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TIL that the state of Michigan rejected more than 21,000 custom license plates over the past decade for being “offensive” - and you can read them all because providing everything in the system was the only way to fulfill a FOIA request for 1 year of rejections since the system “can’t sort by date”

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15GD TIL The Vibrator was the 5th domestic appliance to be electrified, after the sewing machine, fan, kettle, and toaster.
x6O1w TIL the Association of German National Jews supported Hitler, believing his rhetoric was just to "stir up the masses"
yMGX TIL In 2011 Skrillex lost an entire unreleased album because his laptops and hard drives were stolen from his hotel in Milan.
J1Ap4 TIL that the city with the most roundabouts in the world in terms of percentage of intersections is Carmel, Indiana.
j4an TIL A parking meter official got busted stealing $90,000 in quarters. Bank staff became suspicious because he was regularly depositing large amounts of coins into his personal account while still wearing his parking enforcement uniform.