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TIL that in France, Germany, and Switzerland, it is illegal to deny that the holocaust happened

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78gvp TIL the avg square feet for apartments in Manhattan has grown over the last 10 years from 721 to 740
LkBeZ TIL some maritime history and the word “quarantine” originates from the Venetian dialect form of the Italian ‘quaranta giorni’, meaning “forty days”.
xvM7 TIL Don King killed two men. One was shot in the back while robbing one of King’s gambling houses. The other was an employee stomped to death for owing him $600.
xQd7 TIL Inmates of the L.A. County Sheriff’s Dept. can get free laser tattoo removal, e.g., gang sign tattoos they want to break from. Over 2,200 inmates have had tattoos removed; the removal incurs no cost to the public, paid for in part by the charity Homeboy Industries.
E8OW TIL that Pluto had not completed one full orbit between the time it was discovered and when it was declassified as a planet.