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TIL Prostitution isn’t and has never been illegal in Canada
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TIL Czech Republic had the highest beer consumption per capita for the 18th consecutive year in 2010
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TIL Dr. James Parkinson, whose study of 'The Shaking Palsy' resulted in it being named after him, narrowly avoided being dispatched to Australia in irons after being accused of plotting to shoot King George III with a poisoned dart
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TIL one of the largest cockroaches in the world is called Megaloblatta longipennis
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TIL as of March 2012, the most expensive city in the United States for renters is San Francisco. NYC isn’t even in the top 10.
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TIL Pluto’s largest moon Charon was named after James W. Christy’s wife, Charlene. It was later discovered that Charon was an existing figure in Greek mythology (the ferryman of Hades, later known as Pluto), and thus the name was kept.