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TIL Italy banned tourists from going shirtless

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enp4 TIL recently bankrupted NFL player Vince Young would routinely spend $5k at chain restaurants like TGI Fridays and Cheesecake Factory.
PpdE TIL 70% of African-American children and 58% of Hispanic children do not know how to swim. TIL African-American children drown at a rate nearly three times higher than white children.
9MX7 TIL an Ancient Roman punishment for the crime of parricide (the killing of a parent) was to severely scourge the criminal, sew them into a stout leather bag with a dog, a snake, a rooster, and a monkey, then throw the bag into the river.
BgEDW TIL That Antarctica is approximately 1.5 times larger than the United States.
Z8egG TIL that the SOS distress signal was created because of its easiness in morse (· · · – – – · · ·). And not because it is an abbreviation of save our souls or save our ship