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TIL in Sweden it is legal to sell sex for money, but illegal to buy it.

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v10OK TIL the Queen piece in chess was originally a Visier, akin to prime minister. In Europe, according to one theory, it changed to a queen during the 13th century as prominent European Queens (Eleanor of Aquitaine/Blanche of Castile) better reflected the role of a King's source of power and influence.
JxMl TIL that when someone needs a kidney transplant, the old kidney is usually left in there, and the new one is put lower in the pelvic area.
kOxgW TIL that California Governor Leland Stanford Sr. lost his only child to Typhoid. Because of this, Stanford Sr. decided to honor his dead son by spending his fortune to build Stanford University, telling his wife that "the children of California shall be our children".
0dGZy TIL that a 1968 ad claimed the proposed World Trade Center would pose ‘risk to air navigation,' and showed a plane flying into the north tower
OoEA4 TIL The financial industry is rushing to embrace artificial intelligence to help in areas including trading, investing and automating interactions with customers. Most banks are at least piloting AI in equity research, but with varying degrees of commercial success at this point