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TIL that Maryland in 1949 passed a law to regulate lead paint usage. In 1950, they repealed the law.

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a4XA TIL that if the Öresund sea between Sweden and Denmark freezes and a Swede walks over the ice to Denmark, Danes are allowed to hit the Swede with sticks.
jNRvn TIL 10% of Americans have never left the state they were born. 40% of Americans have never left the country.
w1kM TIL that Mexico is officially known as the United Mexican States.
nWkoP TIL of John Andaman, the name given to the first Andamanese man captured by the British during their colonization of the islands in 1857. Though amazed by British Calcutta, he quickly grew ill with foreign diseases, and was returned to his home to advocate for British rule. He was never seen again.
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