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TIL that Norway has a national day, which is a holiday where women get made custom dresses worth several thousands of dollars

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voox TIL in Denmark there are facilities called “fix rooms” letting addicts inject certain type of drugs under supervision.
E15Wd TIL athletes involved in the East German doping program are estimated to suffer from rates of cardiovascular disease or cancer up to five-times higher than the general population and live 10-12 years fewer
DQYle TIL 80% of the moon rock mass picked up by Apollo astronauts in the NASA collection remains stored in a pristine condition for future scientific study
QJloe TIL of Karen Silkwood, a nuclear plant worker and whistleblower. On November 13, 1974, she set out to meet a reporter to go public with evidence of extensive safety violations. She was later found dead; her car appeared to have been run off the road and the documents she had with her were missing.
a8WEL TIL that Louisiana State Penitentiary ("Angola"), the largest maximum-security prison in the USA, has a radio station, a TV station, a magazine, a fire station, sugarcane fields, market gardens and herds of cattle and horses