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

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b67o9 TIL about Wisdom, the worlds oldest known wild bird at the age of 71. She laid eggs as recently as Nov 2021 and has had the same mate for the past 11 years. She’s hatched 30-36 chicks in her lifetime.
VBVeG TIL that in some Eastern European countries, like Romania and Moldova, it was once customary to spit lightly in the faces of children you admired.
NX8vM TIL the song “Hello ma Baby” from the old cartoons was the first popular song about the telephone and was about a man dating a lady over the phone without having ever met her
E1WX0 TIL that the loofah(luffa) is a plant from the cucumber family that when matured and dried becomes very fibrous and is used as a sponge in kitchens and bathrooms.
ZEoD TIL Instead of sending labor over to China or Bangladesh, manufacturers have chosen to forcibly employ up to 2.4 million incarcerated people in the United States. Chances are high that if a product you’re holding says it is ‘American Made,’ it was made in an American prison.