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TIL that the official name for ‘Mexico’ is the “United Mexican States.”

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e0gW5 TIL that Tippi Hedren, the star in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963) is now 90 years old and still lives with lions and tigers after she began rescuing them in the early 1970s, according to her granddaughter, actress Dakota Johnson
E1x7p TIL that in the game Uno, you are only supposed to play a "+4" card if you have no other playable cards. If you play it and someone challenges you, you need to show your cards. If incorrectly played, you have to pick up 4 yourself, but if correct then the challenger must pick up 6.
oGmr TIL that in 2001, a 17-year-old arrested for marijuana possession was sentenced by a Massachusetts judge to listen to Afroman’s song “Because I Got High” and write a report about it as his punishment.
VMnDm TIL February 31st is occasionally used on grave stones when the exact date of birth or death was unknown.
rNm9d TIL Light (from a laser) can pick up and levitate tiny pieces of diamond powder