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TIL that in Germany, Holocaust denial constitutes a crime of incitement to hatred and carries a prison sentence of up to five years.

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rNJn1 TIL that rockets are launched from near the equator because it gives them a large initial speed, helping reach space with less fuel. Over a 24-hour period, such places travel longer distances than places at higher latitudes, which means that they move faster and have more angular momentum.
8ep7Z TIL That E-cigarettes were first invented in the 1960s, but were never sold in order to protect the traditional cigarette market
wL6M8 TIL about the "Wow! signal", the strongest candidate for an alien radio transmission ever detected, received in 1977, by the Big Ear radio telescope in Ohio.
WkxgX TIL that North Korea attempted to build a luxury hotel named the Ryugyong Hotel in 1987. This hotel is still under construction to this day. It is also the tallest unoccupied building in the world.
4XKRN TIL about how BBC once convinced people Spaghetti grew on trees. In 1957,BBC broadcast a 3min program about Switzerland farms growing Spaghetti trees. The farmers harvested them and put in the sun to dry them.The presenter explained Spaghetti always grows to the same length. People believed it.