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TIL a 2015 study found that exposure to secondhand cannabis smoke under extreme, unventilated conditions can cause non-cannabis-using individuals to: feel the effects of the drug, have minor problems with memory & coordination, and test positive for the drug in their blood & urine.

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Zn6B TIL that the man from the “Technoviking” video sued the creator for violating his ‘personality rights’ 13 years later, taking all his earnings from the video/merchandise and sending him into debt. The creator had to crowdfund for a documentary about the video to get out of debt.
Qrv6 TIL that Cuba has two types of currency - one for Cubans to buy basics and the other for tourists to buy what are considered luxuries
GY5X7 TIL Australian PM Gough Whitlam was removed by a British-American coup for abolishing royal patronage, moving Australia towards the Non-Aligned Movement, supporting “zones of peace”, opposing nuclear weapons testing, and threatening to close a CIA espionage base in Australia
9YxM7 TIL there is no trash collection on most of New York City’s Roosevelt Island because a pneumatic tube system sends 10 tons of garbage a day from trash cutes in buildings to a trash processing plant at 60 mph.
5vyB TIL Journalist Jon Snow declined an OBE (Order of the British Empire) because he believes working journalists should not take honours from those about whom they report.