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Til that most olive oil is real and California olive oil manufacturers made up the study about the Mafia and fake olive oil in Italy.

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D1XOv TIL, The truth behind an online 'Blue Whale Challenge' which is also known as 'suicide challenge'. The "Blue Whale challenge" was reported to be an online "suicide game" aimed at teenagers which set 50 tasks over 50 days. The challenge was alleged to be linked to numerous deaths around the world.
dko7 TIL Portugal decriminalized all drugs back in 2001 and the number of addicts has been halved since then, and there were no negative effects on the country.
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M700K TIL that Brunei is the only country to observe a noncontiguous weekend, taking Friday and Sunday off.
yVjJ TIL That an 18th century business man left his wife after she did not mourn at the wake of his faked death.