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TIL It took until 2015 for Disney to ban smoking from appearing in any of their movies

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KOmBB TIL Chile's Atacama Desert is among the very driest places on the planet, so arid that rain may not fall on it for decades or centuries at a time. This makes the hostile landscape about the closest thing we have to Mars on Earth – and scientists just made a big discovery about it.
pYvrG TIL: There is a museum of toilet in New Delhi named Sulabh International Museum Of Toilets. It features rare collection of toilets from 2500BC up to today and gives a view of evolution of toilet related social custom, sanitary habits and technology and shows how deep rooted a simple toilet is.
rGMx TIL Arizona has a Stupid Motorist Law. It states that any motorist who becomes stranded after driving around barricades to enter a flooded stretch of roadway may be charged for the cost of his/her rescue.
aBjN TIL That in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1922, an entire family was murdered by the police because the father was a respected catholic businessman. The government of Northern Ireland carried out no investigation into the murders.
a8O0M TIL 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado cost $45 million to construct in 2006, never turned a profit in its 17 years of operation and is set to be torn down in early to mid 2024.