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TIL while prostitution is legal in Queensland Australia, advertising said services by skywriting is not.

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0n1y TIL of the Russian “Firehose of Propaganda” Model: Overwhelm your enemy with lies from multiple sources, so people will see the lies first, thus winning the first impression. Multiple sources reinforce the same lies, all before real journalists can even find the facts.
wreE TIL China’s subway beggars have designed a system that governs which turf they get to work. Greenhand beggars who intrude on lines reserved for the disabled or elderly get a beating.
16vY4 TIL that Uruguay has the highest cattle per capita in the world, with more than three cows for every person in the country.
R5pra TIL Gotham City, from the DC Universe, is located in New Jersey
v1G8j TIL that Christian Bale, who has a British accent, did all of his promotional interviews for Batman Begins in an American accent because he felt Batman was "such an American character" and he did not want audiences asking "What the hell is going on? Why do we have an English Batman?"