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TIL Australia routinely (and ironically) denies entry to non-citizens who have a criminal record.

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Brder TIL: During the filing of the movie "Titanic" 50 members of the film's cast and crew were rushed to hospital for suspected food poisoning. The actual cause of their ailment was discovered to be lobster chowder maliciously laced with PCP.
woX18 TIL as punishment for not meeting their expectations or quotas, a tech firm based out of Zhengzhou, China made their employees eat raw eggs as punishment. Apparently, employees who did not want to consume the eggs could opt to swallow a whole tube of mustard instead.
ppGN TIL: One of the first signs of a blood type mismatch in a transfusion is ‘a feeling of impending doom.’
LOoQ TIL that the phrase “Elementary, my dear Watson” appears in none of the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
j69Nj TIL that the US has a national cycling route network, the United States Bicycle Route System. It consists of interstate long-distance cycling routes with off-road paths, bicycle lanes, and low-traffic roads.