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TIL that while same-sex marriage is legal federally in the U.S., it is still not legal on a number of native reservations.

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eLK6 TIL the man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 was found not guilty by reason of insanity,and lives freely today at his mother’s house
8eyd4 TIL The Message in a Bottle kit includes a form with your name, details of any allergies, details about your doctor, medication you take etc. and it is recommended for it to be kept in your fridge - a place where it can easily be found by paramedics in an emergency.
KxoQ TIL Scottish Town Arnprior (pop. 200) painted wiggly lines on a straight road to confuse and slow down fast drivers.
m1pgx TIL that thanks to Bromelain, a digestive enzyme found in some fruits, when you eat pineapple, the pineapple is eating you back! Same for kiwi and papaya.
b9YD7 TIL Yogi Bear was one of several Hanna-Barbera characters to have a collar. This allowed animators to keep his body static, redrawing only his head in each frame when he spoke—a method that reduced the number of drawings needed for a seven-minute cartoon from around 14,000 to around 2,000.