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TIL in Belgium, prostitution is legal but soliciting a prostitute is illegal. They have to offer their services to you first.

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16JmW TIL Pakistan has the highest percentage of population with Diabetes ~ 30%. And 3rd highest with number of Diabetic Patients ~ 33 million.
N7bKQ TIL that the space shuttle flew 135 missions with a flight computer that had less than 1% of the computing power as an XBox 360.
v1RXr TIL that Ancient Greek and Roman statues were actually brilliantly colored and not just bare marble/stone.
xVXED TIL in 1946, a local chicken farmer offered 100 chicks for each homer the Nashua Dodgers hit. Newcomer Roy Campanella hit 14 in his first season and sent all 1,400 to his father who used them to start a thriving poultry farm. He also went on to become one of the first black major league players.
781n7 TIL that there is a Goldfish breed so rare that is considered a cryptid. The Meteor Goldfish.