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TIL that in Nevada prostitution is legal in counties with a population below 700,000

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OGZWX TIL: the “old Duke rate”; a legal loophole that allows electric consumers in South Carolina pay the same rate for electricity that they have been since 1966
XvgD TIL that in 2008 in New Jersey, more than 30 officers, including SWAT team members, were engaged in a standoff with a non-responsive supposed bank robber for over an hour before realizing ‘she’ was a cardboard cut-out.
v1mmD Today I learned head on train collisions were staged for entertainment in the early 1900’s.
b9dB4 TIL a priceless 'Anglo-Saxon' casket was found being used as a sewing box by a local family
VBjAB TIL the term “red tape” comes from the historical practice of using red ribbons or tape to bind official documents. This practice dates back to at least the 16th century in Spain.