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TIL that in 2018 a 4-year-old Pennsylvania boy was summoned for jury duty. He explained he had preschool that day and so could not serve.

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JYLBl TIL that the town of Zzyzx in California was named by a quack doctor to purposely be the last listing in any dictionary or atlas
9wrGp TIL in 2015 30-70% of all internet traffic in India was estimated to be pornography, despite it being ostensibly illegal
mxnpx TIL: Van Tassell, Wyoming (Population 14) is the least populous town in the least populous county of the least populous state in the U.S.
Wk0GL TIL that during Prohibition many major breweries turned to selling malt extract for use in baking breads and desserts. It was also hop flavored. One city reported enough was sold each week to make 16 loaves of bread for every man, woman and child.
yVVda TIL The town of Yale, British Columbia, was once known as the biggest city west of Chicago and north of San Francisco following the 1850s gold rush. Yale burnt down so many times that most of the historic buildings are gone but the Museum is located in an old 1868 house next door to the 1863 church