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TIL Women have been legally allowed to go topless in public in New York City since 1992

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Egp6P TIL that Nutella and other chocolate hazelnut spreads are derivatives of the Italian Gianduja spread. Chocolate hazelnut spreads differ from Gianduja in that vegetable oils are used to stretch it further, instead of using actual cocoa and hazelnut butter as in Gianduja.
ZpeBa TIL that Halley's Comet was seen in England in 1066, the year of the Norman Conquest, being interpreted as an omen, with a contemporary observer referring to it as a "source of tears to many mothers", portending "the downfall of my country."
d8J69 TIL the US Air Force uses enormous anime-style swords to honor officers
9BB6 TIL there is a Russian adaptation of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, titled It’s Always Sunny in Moscow where a group of friends own a bar in Moscow called Philadelphia
5YmNP TIL of Steven Phillips, a man who spent 24 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. When he was released in 2008, he received $6 million in compensation. Then, his ex-wife, who divorced him while he was in prison, sued to get part of the compensation. She did not receive a penny.