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TIL the pockets in suits can actually be opened

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Wkpnd TIL that Texas still has a mutual combat law. This means that duelling is still legal according the Texas penal code. The law states that any two individuals who feel the need to fight can agree to mutual combat through a signed, verbal or implied communication and have at it (fists only, however).
QelL TIL pigeons are not native to North America and that they live in urban areas because “city buildings and window ledges mimic the rocky cliffs originally inhabited by their ancient ancestors in Europe.”
OGEG6 TIL that peak employment at Boeing was during the Vietnam War in 1968 where the aviation manufacturer employed 148,672 people, or roughly two-hundredths of a percent of the U.S. workforce.
mbyO TIL - Reading silently didn’t happen until the dark ages, when monks took a vow of silence. Before that, reading was done aloud, which is why the Romans had no punctuation and instead, chanted words to rhythms. Reading silently uses an entirely different part of the brain.
pYGdN TIL that the last round of Fifa World Cup Group Stage Matches are played simultaneously because of the Disgrace of Gijón. This is to avoid match fixing.