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TIL In South Dakota, you can get a driver’s permit at age 14 with parental consent. Once you turn 16, you can get your license.

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kOYQ4 TIL that when cardinals failed to elect a pope for 2 years, a hermit warned them of divine vengeance. Cardinals elected him as Pope Celestine V. He refused and tried to flee, and after being persuaded, he wrote two decrees: for fixing the papal elections and for allowing him to resign. Then resigned
xVVXD TIL despite repeated warnings by safety inspectors to install smoke alarms and sprinklers, the Haunted Castle at Six Flags Great Adventure had burned down in 1984 killing 8 teenagers.
jJjN TIL that Martin Luther, who started the Protestant Reformation issued a “final warning” against the Jews shortly prior to his death, “If they could kill us all, they would gladly do it.”
OoEje TIL in 2015 the Indiana Supreme Court banned a police officer from having "OINK" on their Fraternal Order of Police license plate.
Zpd8Q Today I learned that a man can survive two atomic bombs in a gap of two days and still live till the age of 93 - Tatsuo Yamaguchi.