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TIL masturbation, even in private, is forbidden in United States prisons.

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04W5 TIL in 1974, Vietnam attacked some Chinese troops stationed on a disputed island. In response, China destroyed the entire Vietnamese fleet and took control of the entire island chain
OGDYg TIL in 1999, a grass roots email campaign was able to get the 1988 song "Hangin' Tough" by New Kids On The Block onto MTV's "Total Request Live" show by encouraging people to vote for it. It landed at number 2 on the countdown.
11N4 TIL there is a “Quiet Zone” in the United States where radio transmissions are restricted, and microwave ovens, wifi routers, and cell phones are prohibited.
R7lk7 TIL that before George Orwell wrote 1984, the Empire of Japan had established a political police known as the Shisō Keisatsu - which translated means "Thought Police". There also existed a "Thought Section of the Criminal Affairs Bureau". Until 1945, they arrested people for "dangerous ideologies".
KYKYQ TIL There is an urban legend in BC, Canada, that driving examiners are expected to fail 50 per cent of the people they test. Nearly 50 percent of driving test candidates fail the first time because many arrive ill-prepared or with the intention of using their first test as a learning tool.