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TIL That burritos are legally classified as sandwiches in New York, but not in Massachusetts.

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m8rx TIL that in the 50s & 60s the American gov forcibly removed Native American children from their parents and put them up for adoption or into institutions, in order to have them assimilate into “white culture”.
Jgy1 TIL that 6 of the 10 windiest US cities are in Massachusetts. And Chicago isn’t even in the top 100.
D1JJ TIL: The United States the first country in the history of the world to count more rapes for men than for women
6E5Am TIL: that the Chinese government has an AI survelliance system that uses +20M cameras and facial recognition to track citizens behavior and monitor criminals. They officially named it: “Skynet” - because of Terminator...!
5XYp TIL: In South Korea there is a sex theme park called Love Land and features 140 sculptures representing humans in various sexual positions.