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TIL: A Japanese customs officer planted marijuana in a traveller’s suitcase, forgot who it was and the sniffer dogs missed it

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D1xeg TIL when filming the Wolf of Wall Street, they brought in a real lion and the used cgi to remove the handler and add the office workers
b6nME TIL That in Iceland, Elves (called Huldufólk) are such an important part of Icelandic folklore, that several building projects have been altered in order to not disturb their homes.
XnP TIL: In 1986, Ronald Reagan signed an unfunded mandate (EMTAL Act) that requires emergency treatment for everyone, lack of health insurance notwithstanding, including undocumented immigrants.
W7QNd TIL about the ghost ship SS Baychimo, who was abandoned in 1931 and expected to sink, but she didn't sink and kept popping up, last seen in 1969 she could still be sailing around out there.
GVnE TIL that the US embargo against Cuba (53 years so far) has been condemned by the majority of the United Nations 19 times since 1992 and is considered ILLEGAL by all nations but Israel, the Republic of Palau and the US itself