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TIL in the UK, a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants.

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pQvN TIL that candle flames contains millions of tiny diamonds, as they contain all four known forms of carbon.
eGN6 TIL That in South Dakota there is an annual motorcycle rally that averages almost 10 deaths, 400 arrests, 300 emergency room visits, and tens of millions in revenue for local government.
Oo1Qe TIL that the last Kamikaze Attack was committed by Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki hours after the Emperor Hirohito announced the Japanese Surrender. He committed the attack because he believed he was responsible for his men's failure, he wanted to show a final true spirit of Bushido
b9dla TIL that in India, there is a species of giant squirrel that have multicoloured fur, with with varying shades of orange, maroon and purple. Their bodies measure 36in from head to tail – double the size of their grey relatives – and they can leap 20ft between trees.
1abAr TIL Stalin sent most of his qualified doctors to the gulag, a move which inevitably came back to bite him in the ass when he had a stroke from which he later died.