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TIL in 1975, Alaska legalized recreational Marijuana use, and it’s still legal today

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ZpmAQ TIL General Motors first produced and sold an EV more than 25 years ago. However, the EV1 could only be leased as it was part of a “real world engineering evaluation”.
epKMk TIL tetanus bacteria releases toxins that block your nerve receptors (mainly in your spinal cord) and cause muscle spasms.
KGbR TIL that Ben Affleck is banned for life from playing blackjack at the Hard Rock Casino in Vegas ­after security officers busted him counting cards.
8anV4 TIL that Spirit Airlines once had a person in charge of writing apology letters to disappointed customers. The "senior manager of proactive customer communications" mailed off about 20,000 apologies a year. Each one explained what went wrong on a flight and contained the manager's direct phone line.
E1wLW TIL that during World War II, George H. W. Bush’s plane was shot down over Japan. He was one of 9 men on board. The other 8 men were captured and eaten.