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TIL that the U.S. Federal law enacted in July, 1984–which established the national minimum drinking age as 21 years old— allowed the government to withhold Federal aid to highways from States that did not quickly adapt.

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b6Y57 TIL South Korea has been in the process of changing Capital city from Seoul to newly built Sejong since 2007. The construction of the city is expected to be completed in 2030.
vGQj TIL you can be denied immigration to Canada if you have a health condition that may “cause excessive demands on health or social services”.
VMMQ8 TIL of Sarah Jones, a camera assistant who was struck and killed by a train while working on the film Midnight Rider. Director Randal Miller was charged with criminal trespass and involuntary manslaughter and became the first director to go to jail as a result of a death on set.
E1ZpW TIL the idea for the Tenacious D song "Tribute" came about after Jack Black showed Kyle Gass the Metallica song "One" and claimed it was the best song in the world.
rNW6w TIL: Children with a foreign mother are four times more likely than other children in Norway to be forcibly taken from their families and the number of children taken into emergency care rose by 50% in just 5 years with the commonest reason for a care order nowbeing simply "lack of parenting skills"