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TIL of the Plain Writing Act (2010), which states all US legislation must be written in clear, concise, and simple writing that everyday folk can understand

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4G5w TIL: after opening the tomb of Casimir IV of Lithuania and Poland in 1973, 4 of the 12 present died within a few days, and 6 more soon afterwards
Exlx TIL that Gandhi advocated Great Britain to surrender to Hitler and Mussolini. “If these gentlemen choose to occupy your homes, you will let them… you will allow yourself, man, woman and child, to be slaughtered.”
7rGEP TIL that at a point, breathing in Delhi, India was equivalent to smoking 45 cigarettes a day.
aynM TIL that in 1984 and 1985 New York City’s buses, subways and commuter railroads all stopped charging, from 8PM to 8AM, in an effort to discourage drunken driving.
paxQ TIL there’s a mountain in Germany that has burned since 1688. The cause is still not totally known today.