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TIL that there’s a black market for sand worth 200 to 350 billion USD primarily due to its importance in construction

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LWR9 TIL Brazilian law requires every hotel to provide condoms to every guest
5wmD TIL that in America you may be put on the sex offender registry for peeing outdoors
x649B TIL that this was the Breguet 763 Deux-Ponts, the original double decker aircraft that flew from the late 40's to 50's, used primarily by Air France and French AF (The TRUE grandpa of the MD-12 and A380)
QABk TIL German citizens can travel to 177 territories without a visa/visa given on arrival, the most in the world.
M6lK TIL To ensure he was never without alcohol, French Painter, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec hollowed out his cane (which he needed to walk due to his underdeveloped legs) and filled it with liquor.