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TIL it's debated in Australia whether national disability insurance should cover sex work. This has already been implemented in Denmark and the Netherlands.

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VBmb0 TIL Chairman of China Deng Xiaoping died in 1997, 2 years after the release of the infamous Super Famicom game Hong Kong 97 which he's the main antagonist of, meaning this dogpile of a game predicted the chairman's death somehow
9Yy6D Today I learned that someone experiencing stress or anxiety can feel a tight pain in their chest similar to that of a heart attack
v1NMK TIL New York City paid more for Central Park than America paid for Alaska.
newNb TIL Abraham Lincoln's interest in law starts at the bottom of a barrel. Lincoln was running a store when he bought a barrel full of rubbish from a traveler. Upon emptying the barrel Lincoln found a complete set of 'Blackstone's Commentaries' which he spent more time reading than manning the store.
nenPP TIL in 1973 when Marlon Brando won an Oscar for Best Actor, he boycotted the show and sent a Native American woman named Sacheen Littlefeather instead. She refused the Oscar on his behalf and made a speech about Hollywood’s mistreatment of Native Americans. She was booed.