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TIL That since 1951 in Israel it is required by the law that every new building will have a security room that can withstand blast and shrapnel from conventional weapons, and offer protection against chemical and biological weapons.

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0Xm1 TIL That in 1998, a man sued the Nike company for false advertising. The company then challenged the issue, saying that as an artificial person, it was allowed to lie since lying is protected by the freedom of speech granted in the First Amendment.
Z86VD TIL a single dose of the antibiotic azithromycin, taken orally, can cure yaws, a horrific tropical disease that causes disfiguring, ulcerating wounds and usually occurs in children. There’s hope that the disease can be completely eradicated, like smallpox has been.
4XRp5 TIL Germany has special documents protecting companies and universities from "being infiltrated by scientologists"
Dmng TIL of the Gombe Chimpanzee War, a conflict between two communities of chimpanzees in Tanzania that lasted 4 years and included violent skirmishes, numerous deaths and kidnappings
nW8pB TIL Chinese company Tencent shut down Korean video game PUBG and replaced it with “Game for Peace” in which defeated players wave goodbye and disappear instead of lying down and dying