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TIL California's state rock is composed of asbestos (Bonus/Also TIL - states have official rocks??)

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vbeL TIL in Egypt, actors were not allowed to testify in court because they were seen as professional liars
9lZB TIL that the most Japanese people return lost items and take it very seriously
J1YWQ TIL that an american prisoner named mike kurtz ate soap which made him look sickly and nearing death tricking the governor into pardoning him for his 12 years sentence.
jGMn TIL that a gypsy boxer in Nazi Germany was threatened by the Nazis to throw his next match. He came into that match with his hair dyed blonde and with whiteface. He took blows for five rounds like he was asked before collapsing. The boxers name was Johann Trollmann
ZpKBv TIL Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright was fired from the band by Roger Waters during album production for "The Wall" but stayed on as a salaried musician. Wright stayed on salary for the Album's elaborate tour and was thus the only member of the band to profit from it, which lost about £400,000.