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TIL Cousin marriage in the US is complicated and some states allow it, some states criminalize it, and many states have conditions that decide whether it is allowed or not.

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9wyQr TIL that on October 8, 1871, three of the most devastating fires in world history-the Great Chicago Fire (IL), the Peshtigo Fire(Wl), and the Great Michigan Fire(MI)-broke out simultaneously, causing massive destruction.
mxn8O TIL helicopter fire fighters (Aerial firefighter) can fill their buckets from local swimming pools. This is helpful when fighting wild fire and there are no lakes nearby. Happens mostly in California.
XKn8 TIL that Costa Rica plans to shut down its zoos and release some animals in captivity and eventually do away with public zoos altogether
wnOE TIL that the Book of Mormon suggests that there were donkeys, cattle, horses, oxen, sheep, pigs, goats, elephants, wheat, barley, figs, silk, steel, brass, scimitars, and chariots in Pre-Columbian America. None of them existed in America before Columbus.
D1wWV TIL Bill Gates selected 11 condoms of the future, and each finalist was given $100,000 to pursue their quest for a superior condom. Gates says, "The idea is making them easier for people to use in the moment, in the dark, whatever situation they're in."