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TIL Minnesota has a state muffin... by law

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JYgJj TIL: In 2016 an octopus named Inky escaped from their tank at an aquarium in New Zealand and traveled down a 164 ft long pipe that lead to the South Pacific and sweet, sweet freedom.
XE7kr TIL that of the top 30 fastest 100m sprints, 9 of them were clean and not associated with doping. All 9 were Usain Bolt.
NX8j1 TIL U.S. cash often contains traces of cocaine and other drugs, leading to innocent people having their money seized after drug-sniffing dogs detect traces. In 1994, a court ruled that widespread drug contamination of money in Los Angeles meant dog alerts alone didn’t justify forfeiture.
e0ZK5 TIL that Harry Houdini’s first public performance was at age 9 as a trapeze artist, billing himself as “Ehrich Prince of the Air“
PXgg TIL That 17 countries will not accept Israeli passports for entry and 8 do not accept any passport with evidence of travel to Israel.