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TIL in the Netherlands, citizens with disabilities receive public money to pay for sexual services up to 12 times a year

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4GVN TIL a Bronze Age burial site about 5 miles from Stonehenge was discovered by a badger.
ng4Y TIL in 1986, ‘60 Minutes’ ran a scathing exposé on the Audi 5000, alleging it could wildly accelerate on its own. However, their on-air demonstration used a rigged car to show falsified results. Gov’t tests later vindicated Audi but their sales had already plummeted. '60 Minutes’ never apologized.
N7nKe TIL about Clement Vallandigham, a lawyer defending a man accused of murder, accidentally shot himself and died while demonstrating how the victim might have accidentally shot himself. His client was cleared.
nWykB TIL chicken breeds designated as Natural Monuments of Japan include the Small Rumplessness, the Good, Red and Black Crowers, and the Extremely Long Tail
P1J4J TIL about Sikh Nation - the largest blood donation campaign run by Canadian Sikhs to commemorate the tragic loss of thousands of lives in India’s anti-Sikh genocide in 1984. It has saved more than 160,000 lives and spread to 27 communities across the country since it began in 1999.