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TIL That Portugal decriminalized, not “legalized”, drugs 12 years ago, and it’s working.

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X65r TIL that the Mexican cartel boss ‘El Chapo’ would come out of hiding to eat at local restaurants. His men confiscated everyone’s phones before he ate, and when he left the phones were returned and their meals paid for.
691E8 TIL O.J Simpson did an interview with Judith Regan where he confessed to the murders in detail
loEer TIL that in 2012 a Hong Kong billionaire Cecil Chao announced to offered $65m to any man able to woo and marry his lesbian daughter Gigi Chao. He later doubled his offer to $130m. After this Gigi said in an open letter that "I think I'll marry a man when he marries a man."
E1QQ7 TIL of George Engel; an American anarchist who, after being falsely arrested for a bombing, wrote a letter asking the judge not to give any clemency. His last words before being hanged were "Hurrah for anarchy! This is the happiest moment of my life".
LkjMQ TIL Princess Leia's ship in A New Hope, Tantive IV, was the original design for the Millennium Falcon