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TIL A man was arrested during layover flight in Dubai for possession of 0.003g of marijuana detcted in his shoe

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vPM9x TIL that San Marino claims to be the oldest extant sovereign state and the oldest constitutional republic. Founded in 301 AD, It is named after Saint Marinus, a stonemason from the Roman island of Rab (in present-day Croatia), who established a monastic community on Monte Titano.
d719 TIL The entire Norwegian police force only fired 3 shots during 2014.
loQAr TIL Elton John owned an English soccer team and was really good at it - "in the space of seven years, the club had climbed from bottom place in the lowest division of The Football League to top position in the highest division"
6wRY TIL that in the United States, the USDA stipulates that canned “fruit cocktail” must contain a certain percentage distribution of pears, grapes, cherries, peaches, and pineapples to be marketed as fruit cocktail.
5YjMQ TIL when Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs first opened in 1916, the owner hired people to dress as doctors and eat hot dogs outside his shop, to convince people his hot dogs were healthy.