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d8aY7 TIL Texas is called The Lone Star State because when it was part of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas, its flag bore two gold stars in the middle. When Texas declared its independence from Mexico they "took" one of the stars with them and Coahuila kept the other one.
nWlnb TIL - The Dodge Viper was discontinued in 2017 not due to low sales numbers, but because side curtain airbags were starting to be required. The SRT team felt it would have been too expensive, needing a redesigned chassis and significantly reducing its already limited headroom.
Z8wwv TIL that Mr Rodgers influenced the Supreme Court to allow the recording of TV shows, arguing that it allows parents to become “much more active in the programming of their family’s television life. Very frankly, I am opposed to people being programmed by others.”
Mve0 TIL that in 2001 a Hooter’s restaurant held a sales contest for servers offering the prize of a new Toyota. When a server won, she was presented with a new “toy yoda”. She sued the restaurant for deception and won enough money to buy a new car.
e0BXg TIL 3 men escaped from Alcatraz by digging holes in their cells using spoons, accessing an unguarded utility corridor. They climbed onto the roof, down a 50' drainpipe and over two 12' security fences before inflating a makeshift raft and swimming across the Bay. Their bodies have never been found.