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TIL 1 of 3 job exemptions in US child labor laws are for “the making of evergreen wreaths”

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vE8B TIL that Albert Einstein was only 26 years old, when he released his special theory of relativity.
4Xlmb TIL that Tampa, Florida has never recorded a single day over 100 degrees fahrenheit
NXYYP TIL that the earlier dominance of boxer Roy Jones Jr counted against him late in his boxing career against Joe Calzaghe. Calzaghe cut Jones Jr and because Jones’s corner team had never witnessed this before, they were unable to handle it effectively, leaving Jones covered in blood.
X0Zvr TIL about the Coudersport Ice Mine in Pennsylvania. Huge ice formations up to 3' thick and 25' long appear in the cave during the spring and summer. The formations disappear in the winter.
78oKM TIL in 1865, one of the first automobile laws in the UK imposed a 4mph speed limit and required someone to walk ahead of the vehicle waving a red flag