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TIL that fortune telling is a crime in New York State and carries a potential penalty of 3 months in jail

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ab6o TIL that Stalin’s first son shot himself because of Stalin’s harshness toward him, but survived. After this, Stalin said, “He can’t even shoot straight.”
xVl8g Today I learned of Guugu Yimithirr, an Aboriginal language without words for egocentric/relative directions like "left and right." Rather its speakers are trained to keep track of pure cardinal directions. for example, saying "North leg" when referring to the left leg of an eastward facing person.
b6nNZ TIL Conscription in Germany was active till 2011
Axm4 TIL that if you commit suicide in Japan by jumping in front of a train, the company will charge the family a disruption fee
gBd9 TIL that the allies tricked the German postal service into inadvertently delivering anti-Nazi propaganda by airdropping bags of mail near bombed mail trains.