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TIL that in 2005 a group of reporters swab tested 46 bathrooms in the EU parlament for traces of drugs. 41 of them tested positive for cocaine.

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nekd TIL that F1 drivers lose about 4kgs of weight after just one race due to prolonged exposure to high G forces and temperatures for little over an hour.
xVYeD TIL that Chinese science fiction writer Chen Qiufan published a short story using paragraphs automatically generated by AI, based on his own writing. That story won him a literary prize in a contest moderated by an AI judge, over Nobel laureate Mo Yan
MMAK TIL there is a $5 fine at the flight school Top Gun for any staff member who references the movie.
eG1L TIL that Japan still has populated colonies of elderly leprosy patients, and forced segregation of those afflicted with leprosy was not declared unconstitutional until 2001.
OGBMg TIL Walking your dog makes the whole neighborhood safer.