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TIL In Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Austria and other countries, the philosophy of the law holds that it is human nature to want to escape captivity. In these countries, those who escape jail and do not break any other laws are not charged and no extra time is added to their sentence.

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9wE0m TIL Céline Dion, along with her husband, filed a $5 million defamation lawsuit against the Quebec tabloid Allô Vedettes, which claimed that the couple paid $5,001 to rent the swimming pool of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas so that Dion could sunbathe topless and Angélil could go skinny dipping.
gNMy TIL Coca-Cola released a drink, Tab Clear, with the sole intention to be marketed so bad, that people wouldn’t want to drink it, in an attempt to ruin sales of Pepsico’s equivalent, Crystal Pepsi, by comparison. It worked.
Yd7B TIL that when the second London Bridge was marked for demolition in 1967, the State of Arizona bought the structure from Britain, then had it disassembled, shipped across the Atlantic and the continental United States, and reassembled to its exact specifications. It is still in use today.
jNMlM TIL: Israel is considered a global leader in medical cannabis research and innovation, ctizens caught using cannabis in public cannot be arrested but may face fines, with the money collected from these fines going to education and rehabilitation programs
dE0E TIL statues of Jews in obscene contact with a large sow are still on cathedrals all over Germany