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TIL Norway bases drunk driving fines on income.

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PYOan TIL That Disney was forced to abandon its policy of letting disabled people skip lines in its theme parks, after rampant abuse of the rule by people hiring disabled “tour guides” to skip waiting for rides. These guides sometimes charged up to hundreds of dollars per hour.
NJRM TIL that Kazakhstan is the country that export the most Uranium in the World
Oo1wL TIL that Iceland has the highest number of authors per head, and one in ten icelandic people will publish a book in their lifetime
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Eg1Ep TIL the term “Easter Egg” was coined in 1979 by an Atari software developer to describe a hidden message in a video game.