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TIL Nunchaku (nunchuks) are illegal in Massachusetts

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gE4X TIL that the Alaskan Salmon we enjoy in the U.S. is caught in Alaska, then shipped to China to be cleaned and deboned, and then shipped back to the U.S. for us to eat. The low cost of labor in China makes it cost effective for companies to pay for shipping and Chinese labor rather than U.S. labor.
781JM TIL: A geochron is an analog clock that displays day and night on a world map, changing over the course of the day, showing the familiar “bell curve” of light and darkness
BgRWy TIL more than 43,500 bridges in the US are rated in poor condition and classified as “structurally deficient.” Motorists cross these structures 167.5 million times a day
DQagp TIL the closest whale relative that is not a marine mammal is the hippopotamus after the species diverged 54 million years ago.
X05Ek Til A man with delusions of being the president had became leader of Estonia. He then went about banning all political parties, illegally postponing elections since the public was “Sick-minded”, while replacing the congress with the chamber of commerce. He would later die in a mental hospital.