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TIL that although brothels are legal in much of Nevada, about 90% of the prostitution that occurs in the state is illegal

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R7OJ6 TIL in 1920, a young woman in Germany was found with no identification and processed as “Miss Unknown" who, later, claimed to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov of Russia. Later, the true Anastasia’s uncle found out that she was Franziska Schanzkowska, a Polish munitions factory worker.
78oKM TIL in 1865, one of the first automobile laws in the UK imposed a 4mph speed limit and required someone to walk ahead of the vehicle waving a red flag
08yN TIL you develop a fever when you’re ill because the kind of bacteria and viruses that infect us have evolved over millions of years to work best at the normal human body temperature of 37°C
bV5E TIL that the eternal flame at Bullhead City, Arizona, only lasted until city officials received a US$961 gas bill. It has been relighted after complaints by veterans groups
X0AYR TIL that the best selling commemorative US stamp is an Elvis stamp