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TIL that in the USA, possession of child pornography often results in a harsher sentence than actually molesting a child would

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pDaO TIL in 2012 a zookeeper licked a monkey’s anus for an hour in order to save the monkey’s life
jJVp TIL that when the Battleship ‘HMS Coventry’ was sunk during the Falklands War, survivors sang “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” from Monty Python’s Life of Brian whilst waiting to be rescued.
eQP5 TIL that the first alcohol-free bar in New Zealand went out of business five weeks after opening due to a lack of consumer interest.
gMbXX TIL the $100 bill is the most common US note in circulation, followed by the $1, and then the $20 with 14.2 billion, 12.7 billion, and 9.5 billion notes, respectively, in circulation as of 2019
x6Eow TIL of the Diderot Effect, which makes you want to buy more things when you buy one new thing.