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TIL county officials in China's Hubei province proposed a law in 2009 requiring civil servants to smoke $500k USD of locally made cigarettes a year to boost tax revenue

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mjLp TIL that after receiving 13 liters of blood at age 13, a man named James Harrison pledged to donate blood once he turned 18. It was discovered that his blood contained a rare antigen which cured Rhesus disease. He has donated blood a record 1,000 times and saved 2,000,000 lives.
NXM9J TIL about Exploding Head Syndrome: a rare condition causing sufferers to hear loud noises that don't exist. It's not painful, but it can be alarming and disruptive to sleep. Many people have mistaken the symptoms of Exploding Head Syndrome for paranormal experiences like ghosts or alien abductions.
6eb7 TIL there are only four remaining people in the U.S who receive medical marijuana from the federal government, making them the only people completely immune from prosecution for cannabis use.
m1P8P TIL Michael Jackson's song In the Closet featured vocal by Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
69Vkw TIL Bald Eagles, The USA's National Icon, are a menace to landfill employees because they, among other things, fly in and pick up entire trash bags, bring them back to their nests to pick out items they want, and leave the garbage bags in the trees or drop them in people's yards