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TIL the average age for new authors is FORTY-TWO

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LkAJV TIL That even though its constitutionally unenforceable, Alabama's State constitution still says it is illegal for black and white children to attend the same school. So far 2 attempts have been made to change the language but both were voted against.
v16BK TIL that where a girl ties her bow on her dirndl during Oktoberfest means something. To the right means they're in a relationship, to the left means they're single, in the back means they're a waitress or a widow and in the front means they're a virgin.
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4O1o TIL On the LEGO model of the Back to the Future time machine, the destination date is set to Jan. 28, 1958, the patent date for the 1st LEGO brick.
8a79Z TIL an orangutang in San Diego Zoo kept escaping his enclosure so that he could walk around the zoo and look at the other animals as well as throw faeces at his ex-enclosure mate that he didn’t like.