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TIL prostitution is legal in Australia

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neepG TIL That the husband of the richest woman in Germany (heir to 12.5% of BMW) was not informed of her true identity until "the romance was solid." She also worked as an apprentice in a BMW factory under a false name.
gng8 TIL all 100 nuclear reactors now operating in the U.S. were built on or before 1977
4ymg TIL The White House has an estimated market value of over $390 million, and would cost $2 million a month to rent.
Br1eL TIL a man who spent 11 years in federal prison for robbing banks became well-known as a jailhouse lawyer. While in prison, he started spending time in the law library and became an accomplished United States Supreme Court practitioner by the time he left in 2008.
dGwB TIL that students at Oxford University are required to wear academic dress for all of their examinations - including a suit, gown, bowtie, and colour coded carnation. Students wear different gowns depending on their grades. Cambridge no longer has such dress for exams.