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TIL in Mississippi, you can drink WHILE driving as long as your .BAC remains below .08%

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wJgY TIL that the white spots on finger nails are called Leukonychia, and are harmless and most commonly caused by minor injuries that occur while the nail is growing. Contrary to popular belief, leukonychia is not a sign of excess or deficiency of calcium and zinc or other vitamins in the diet
d8g98 TIL during the early 1900s, hat pins were used by women for self-defense; Mademoiselle Gelas even wrote a manual advising a combination of jiu-jitsu, hatpin stabbing and umbrella work to fend off men.
4X56N TIL In 1951, Mel Blanc (the voice of most Looney Tunes) accomplished what was then considered to be impossible, when he voiced both Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, doing impersonations of each other. According to voice actors, the impressions should have muddled, or the voices straddled one another.
l1AB TIL in 1990, a 15-yo Kuwaiti girl testified to US Congress that Kuwaiti babies were being taken out of their incubators by Iraqi soldiers and left to die. It was later revealed that she was the daughter of an ambassador & that her testimony was part of a PR campaign to sell the war to the public.
rNEBw TIL about Italo Balbo, a high ranking Italian fascist who despised Germans and strongly criticized racial laws, a strong opponent of Italy's decision to join the conflict on Germany's side, his plane was shot down by friendly fire over Libya in 1940, two weeks after Italy joined the war.