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TIL, Canadians, by law, have to answer skill-testing questions if they are drawn as winner for a sweepstakes.

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Z8P1p Today I learned A cat's purr might also mean they are in pain
D5mY TIL that many countries have savings plans that amount to a “no-lose lottery”; interest is a bit lower, but large prizes are given out periodically. It is very successful at getting people to save their money, but is often illegal in N. America due to government monopolies on running lotteries.
wol4E TIL about familects, that one special language (or "microdialect") created by and shared between two or more people in a close relationship
XbVr TIL that actress Hedy Lamarr was the first to simulate an orgasm in a non-porno flick & also invented spread spectrum technology, the backbone for fax, wi-fi and cellular networks
d8oJB TIL In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson secretly commissioned an actuarial study that accurately predicted he would die at 64.