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TIL Brazilian law requires every hotel to provide condoms to every guest

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ep6Ak TIL that after acting as his own attorney and being found guilty, a North Carolina man appealed his conviction on the basis that he did not receive "effective assistance of counsel" (i.e. himself). His appeal was denied.
OGj5L TIL a tornado rating of EFU exists, and is for tornadoes that aren't strong enough/ didn't impact an area with observable damage, so they are of unknown intensity. Hence, EFU.
pYjyN TIL Thanksgiving in Canada is celebrated on the second Monday of October, making it a harvest festival that is weeks before the American holiday.
VMa7Z TIL that a boy in the UK was born with only 2% of his brain. His parents were told he would live in a vegetative state, if at all; they had even prepared his funeral before he was born. By age 3, the boy's brain had grown to 80% the normal size. Now 9, he can read and do math.
W7QBX TIL Dr. Louis Leakey encouraged three young women to study wild great apes in the 60’s and 70’s known as " Leakey”s Angels", including Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall. In Borneo, Biruté Galdikas led orangutan studies for over 40 years after being told "it couldn't be done"