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TIL that Hawaii became the first state in the nation to ban plastic bags in all counties.

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mxyOx TIL that the Tour de France has a team that drives each days route and turns genitals graffitied on the road into owls and butterflies.
DQeoV TIL The world's largest employer is The United States Department of Defense (with 3 million employees)
OoKga TIL Diogenes syndrome, also known as senile squalor syndrome, is a disorder characterized by extreme self-neglect. The name derives from Diogenes of Sinope, an ancient Greek philosopher, a Cynic and an ultimate minimalist, who allegedly lived in a large jar in Athens.
0wGWL TIL of Charles Ingram. A man who won "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" by having one of the audience members cough when he said the correct answer. He was later convicted for deception and later arrested for an unrelated insurance fraud.
DNjD TIL that in 1951, MGM owed the dog who played Lassie $40,000 in back pay. Not planning any more Lassie movies, MGM instead gave the rights to the Lassie trademark to the dog’s trainer, who spun it off into a TV show that ran for 19 seasons.