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TIL that it's illegal to possess koi fish in Maine.

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YpkkZ TIL that India once arrested a pigeon on suspicion of spying for Pakistan and held it under armed guard.
R5eg8 TIL David Busst suffered a leg injury in 1996 so severe that Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel vomited on the pitch and the match was delayed while blood was cleaned from the grass.
X0pO6 TIL about Skeeter syndrome, a severe allergic reaction to mosquito (skeeter) bites
nWjKr TIL about a Chinese man named Zhao C (赵Ｃ), who was forced to change his name when he was 22 years old because it included a Latin character, which is not "part of the national standard for "numbers and symbols" of the People's Republic of China"
GYkJE TIL President Reagan nominated Anthony Kennedy to the Supreme Court after his second pick, Douglas Ginsburg, was forced to withdraw his nomination after admitting to marijuana use in the 60's and 70's.