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TIL it’s illegal to masturbate if you’re incarcerated in a U.S. prison

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loGJ1 TIL: The entire EU plus a dozen other countries including the US, Brazil, Turkey, and Kazakhstan are part of a huge treaty requiring countries to pursue child support payments levied in other member countries.
YwkA TIL you’re not allowed to swear if playing in Wimbledon. As such, line judges have to learn curse words in every language.
9wOxX TIL when a male anglerfish finds a female, it bites into her, melts it's body to her down to the blood-vessel level so that she has a male immediately available when she is ready to spawn.
b91aQ TIL of Ryan Arnold, a man who saved his older brother’s life by donating him two thirds of his liver. Unfortunately, he died a few days after surgery while his brother got better.
yl6X TIL the word Saudade, a Portuguese word with no English translation, means the empty sadness and longing for that which may never return that accompanies nostalgia.