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TIL that in Andorra there is, by law, a requirement for each family to have access to a firearm.

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kbD1 TIL that in 2016, two recreational divers in Israel stumbled upon a Roman shipwreck filled with bronze statues and coins featuring Constantine the Great. Estimated to be 1,600 years old, archaeologists called the discovery ‘The Biggest Find in 30 Years’
5VYER TIL In 1956, a woman was awarded $300 in damages by the city of Miami after she was hit on the foot by a falling coconut. It was argued that the city should have been on notice that the coconut was a hazard, because "a reasonable man would assume it was about to fall when it turns brown".
RZX8 TIL that Aztec kings wore cloaks made entirely of hummingbird skins—it would take about 8,000 hummingbirds to create an adult-size cloak.
0ddXv TIL in France it is illegal to disinherit one’s children, meaning that a particular share of the deceased’s estate is legally required to be kept for their children, or for their spouse if they had no children
NbMP TIL that in Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’