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TIL there is a website called Globe Genie that will randomly teleport you somewhere in the world on Google Maps in street view.

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nR6b TIL that West Germany fully decriminalised homosexual acts between males only in 1994 after criminal law needed reconciliation with law in East Germany, where it had been decriminalised since 1968
Megka TIL a Texas High School Senior was Fined $637 for Cursing At School - She said "shit", when she was unable to pay the fine a warrant was issued for her arrest.
vPvNL TIL of the Pareto principle, that for many outcomes, roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes (the "vital few")
90MQ TIL that Pretty Boy Floyd, a bank robber in the 1920’s, would destroy mortgage documents during robberies, which freed many citizens of their debts.
M7OZb TIL Miranda Gibson lived on a small platform 60 metres above the ground in a 400-year-old Eucalyptus tree to protect the surrounding forest. A bush fire forced her to evacuate after 449 days but Tasmania’s Wilderness World Heritage Area was officially extended by 170,000 hectares a few months later.