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TIL that pinball was illegal in NYC for over 30 years

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MeZ8K TIL that the hardened, outer wing on beetles is called Elytra
9Wam TIL that after his daughter’s killer went on the run, a 76-year-old hired 2 men to find, kidnap and turn him over to the authorities. The dad then received a one-year suspended sentence for kidnapping.
9wLN7 TIL that pineapples are not native to the Hawaiian islands, but people nowadays associate the fruit with Hawaii because of James Dole and his company, the Dole Food Company (now Dole), through marketing and investment efforts between 1899 and 1933.
kvv1 TIL, in 1850, a severe storm in Scotland eroded a hillock, thus revealing “Skara Brae”, a well preserved Neolithic settlement.
mxbJE TIL Dairy Queen products aren't legally Ice Cream