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TIL That in New Jersey, people convicted of drunk driving are banned from using vanity plates.

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MnnV TIL that a school went on lockdown when a receptionist at a doctors office called police to report a student threatening to shoot up the school in his voicemail. What she actually heard was the theme song from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
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