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TIL Google paid a fine of $22.5 million for illegal data collection, $500 million for knowingly allowing fraudulent pharmacies to advertise on their site, and were accused of profiting from women sex trafficking by 38 different anti-trafficking organizations.

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MABa TIL Rio de Janeiro was once capital of Portugal, making it the only European capital outside of Europe
8a4N8 TIL that men have nipples because we all start out as females in the womb. By the time the Y chromosome distinguishes a fetus as male, the nipples have already formed.
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