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TIL in Mexico, you must obtain a federal license to own a BB gun.

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R5n56 TIL George Jennings invented the public toilet. It premiered at the Great Exhibition in 1851 and cost one penny to use the toilet. Since then, "To spend a penny" became a euphemism for going to the toilet in the United Kingdom
kJ0mW TIL: From 1928 to 1948, the 1903 Wright Flyer was displayed at the Science Museum London. As the Smithsonian refused to credit the Wright brothers with the first flight. Instead, crediting Smithsonian Secretary Samuel Langley. During WW2, it was moved away from London to protect it from bombing.
NXnO8 TIL that Norman Rockwell’s painting 'Thanksgiving picture' (or 'I'll be home for Christmas') was actually called 'Freedom from Want'. Part of his 'Four Freedoms' series, it was inspired by a speech of FDR. It featured members of his own family as well as their cook who was was serving the turkey.
yQQvw TIL Celery makes some People's tongues numb
Rnx6 TIL that during wwII, the german forces built fake airfields with fake wooden planes in it. The allied forces waited until they finished them, then sent out air raids in which they dropped wooden bombs on them.