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TIL in Togo the natives call the castoff clothes they receive from America “Dead White Men Clothing” because a living person would not throw away anything this good.

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loP0A TIL More police officers and firefighters die from suicide than in line of duty
XElrr TIL, in 1970s, South Korea introduced the Minor Offenses Act that mandated limits on men's hair length and women's miniskirt length. Men with long hair were taken to a police station to have their hair cut against their will. Arrested women were forced to wear a 'modest' costume in police station.
kJL4 TIL neurosurgeons call your temples “God’s Little Joke” because its the thinnest parts of your skull, and a major artery runs beneath it
eMG4 TIL: There’s a law in Canada called the “Apology Act” which prevents parties from using an apology as an admittance of guilt in court.
gJ79 TIL Muhammad Suharto the former President of Indonesia is considered the worlds most corrupt head of state due to embezzling between $15-35 billion during his 32-year presidency