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TIL all Australians are legally entitled to a free portrait of the Queen

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JLvB TIL last year California legislators passed a law that requires smartphones sold after July 1, 2015 to have a remote kill switch built into them.
7QPO TIL that being a “cynic” originally meant you thought the purpose of life was to live virtuously in agreement with Nature, rejecting all conventional desires for wealth, power, sex, and fame; living a simple life free from all possessions.
8aLEb TIL that the patent for insulin was sold by the co-founders to the University of Toronto for $1 each. Their intention was that such an important medication should be affordable to all who need it. In the USA in 2016, patients were paying on average $450 per month for their prescriptions of insulin.
ANRon TIL that James Cameron spent more time "on" the Titanic than the original passengers did. In 1995, he made 12 deep-sea dives, some lasting 15-17 hours, to film the wreckage. He said it felt like "going to Mecca," and inspired Cameron and his team to commit to the wreck's authenticity.
a8ApA TIL a woman was once drafted by the NBA but had to turn the team down bc she was pregnant. She’s also in the hall of fame.