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TIL that Polish prostitutes hang out in the forests surrounding Warsaw and because they are not taxed, those who cite prostitution as a profession are required to provide photos and client testimonials to tax authorities

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awdZL TIL that a group of teenagers from Texas came close to invading an island in Honduras. The group robbed an armoury, assembled an "army", regularly drilled on public land, and had been in existence for at least five years prior to being discovered by the Texas Rangers.
VjV4 TIL we can predict spontaneous decisions ~7.5 seconds before people become consciously aware of them.
BgVPr TIL in 2024(today) steam boat willie got released to the public domain
XE7Z6 TIL that there's a lab on the International Space Station dedicated to freezing atoms to nearly Absolute Zero in order to study Bose-Einstein condensates, a fifth form of matter
Ypk97 TIL an 11 year old girl survived four days at sea in a 2ft by 5ft raft after her family was murdered and the boat she was on sank. She went years without knowing for sure who killed them.