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TIL There is a 400-foot wide peace symbol carved into the woods near the Nashville, TN airport.

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wPV6 TIL the company that makes coral snake antivenom in the USA decided it was unprofitable and stopped producing it in 2003. The USA’s stock of coral snake antivenom expired in 2008 but the FDA has extended the date ever since to keep what is left available to the public.
PdEJ TIL the city of Glasgow spends £10,000 a year removing traffic cones from the head of Duke of Wellngton statue.
ANJRg TIL that of all the restaurants that have been featured on Guy Fieri's "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives", '224 of the 1,498 (and counting)Triple D restaurants have closed, which comes out to just shy of 15%.'
5pwR TIL that it is illegal to collect or possess eagle feathers in the United States, and only enrolled members of a federally recognized Native American tribe may legally possess them.
4kXY6 TIL about Operation Rocky Top, an FBI investigation in 1986 to uncover illegal activities in charity bingo including the sale of illegal bingo licenses. In the end over 50 were convicted. Seven politicians were incarcerated which included the leader of the House of Representatives in Tennessee