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TIL it is illegal to sell alcohol on Thanksgiving day in Massachusetts and North Dakota.

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4Xxpg TIL of the Tea-Horse-Road. During Imperial-era, the Chinese noticed that Tibetans prized tea so much, they would trade high-quality horses for tea-bricks. As they needed warhorses to fight nomads, the Chinese set up a government office to sell tea for Tibetan horses, creating the Tea-Horse Road.
E1L4x TIL about Tulpamancy, a Tibetan Buddhist practice where an imaginary companion, or "Tulpa", is created through intense meditation. The practice is often compared with Dissociative Identity Disorder, since the imaginary companion created is viewed to be independent and separate from the individual.
LlZ9 TIL that there is a law in the UK that states all documents must be inanimate objects, after the case of the live cow used as a cheque
r7ox TIL Welch’s Grape Juice was originally developed as an alternative to wine at sacrament by the Wesleyan Methodist Church.
7rMmp TIL the colored beads in Silica Gel packets are a humidity indicator. If the beads are blue or orange the silica gel can still adsorb more moisture. If the beads are pink or green, then the silica gel is spent and can adsorb no more moisture.