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TIL it is illegal to possess a whip in downtown Reno without a permit

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75LP TIL a couple is more likely to get a divorce if either one is fired from their job, 57% more likely if the man is fired, and 90% more likely if the woman is fired.
1a7M8 TIL That Russia uses North Korean slaves in Siberian labor camps. Most slaves are unaware that they are no longer in Korea.
Y7dgx TIL Pixar had to complete the entire Toy Story 2 in 9 months to meet Disney's deadline, The production was so straining that in one instance, an animator had forgotten to drop his child off at daycare one morning and, in a mental haze, forgot the baby in the back seat of his car in the parking lot.
P14NE TIL of Rene Lima-Marin, a Colorado inmate who was mistakenly released in 2008, 90 years early from a 98-year sentence. After six years of rebuilding his life with a family and steady job, he was returned to prison in 2014, raising issues of fairness and rehabilitation.
4A5N TIL that audio experts could not tell the difference between $100 Monster speaker cables and cables made from soldering together old coat hangers