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TIL that Soviet Russia had a central Department of Jokes that stand-ups would have to submit a list of jokes to every year and then once approved, they couldn’t deviate from that script for the entire year.

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N7WXe TIL that the reason old pubs have "Ye Old" instead of "The Old" is because when the printing press was invented in Germany, they didn't have any letters for the old letter Thorn, which made a "th" sound. Thorn ultimately was replaced with Y because they looked similar until the Th start was popular.
BgRKK TIL in California, Washington, Oklahoma, Mississippi and New Mexico there in no minimum age for marriage, as long as a parent or guardian consent and a court gives permission.
e7Zk TIL that the events in DIE HARD were originally supposed to take place over three days but a Shakespeare play convinced them to do it in one night
lJ5G TIL that there is a mysterious and unexplainable “space roar” that is louder than anything else measured in space.
yWJX TIL that in Alaska, it’s been legal for adults to possess and use small amounts of cannabis since 1975.