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

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awbN9 TIL that pirates and sailors wore eye patches not necessarily to cover a missing eye, but also to keep one eye dark-adapted for work below decks.
D10Ae TIL in a 1999 episode of Hollywood Squares the contestants got so many questions wrong that the episode only lasted a single round, to the point Gilbert Gottfried began berating them.
wme6 Today I learned that there is a movement to reclaim the Swastika for it’s ancient roots (use before it was adopted by the Nazi party)
xVbe7 TIL that before a key battle in Alexander the Great's campaign in Persia, the Persian king offered Alexander generous terms for peace. One of Alexander's generals is said to have remarked: "I would accept the terms, if I were you". Alexander responded: "So would I, if I were you". He won.
p8NPO TIL of the Guano Islands Act of 1856, authorizing US naval forces to annex islands for the purpose of collecting bird poop