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TIL Mall of America is owned by Canadians

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OVR4 TIL an AZ woman was billed $83,046 for 2 doses of medicine to treat scorpion sting–which would have cost $200 in Mexico
xRPD TIL that when Bonnie and Clyde were killed in an ambush exactly 83 years ago, locals rushed to collect souvenirs from the bodies - including locks of bloody hair, shell casings, and (unsuccessfully) Clyde’s ear.
BrKoW TIL about an associate professor of law at Southwestern Law School, named Caleb Mason who teaches individuals about 4th Amendment Rights. He in 2012 wrote a law commentary piece to Jay-Z's song "99 Problems" to inform individuals about how to handle searches and seizures in a lawful manner.
ME40 TIL Cartoon Network banned an episode of Cow and Chicken called “Buffalo Gals” which allegedly implied lesbian stereotypes including the Gals being mistaken for men and the line “Oh! the Buffalo Gals, a motorcycle riding gang that randomly breaks into people’s homes and chews on their carpets.”
5Y9XB TIL that there is a single called "Africa For Norway," satirizing the Band Aid charity singles by encouraging Africans to donate their heaters to the unfortunate, freezing people of Norway