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TIL cabbages and celery are used as sound effects for stabbing and for breaking bones

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PjMe TIL Airlines legally have to give you up to $1,500 in cash AND a free flight to your destination when a flight is overbooked and you’re booted from your flight. By accepting the free miles or signing forms they give you you’re forfeiting your rights.
XZNr TIL “Censored Eleven”; 11 cartoons by Looney Toons/Merrie Melodies from the late 1930s-early 1940s that were banned since 1968 for racism. All cartoons in topic. [NSFW]
LymV TIL: The US government classifies Marijuana as a class 1 drug, while PCP and Cocaine are class 2 drugs.
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