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TIL The only country where cannabis is completely legal and du jure is North Korea

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r7ew TIL of a man who was sentenced to 20 hours of Beethoven after being caught for playing rap music too loud, as an alternative to a full fine. He only lasted 15 minutes before leaving.
VM6em TIL The Roman Army used some marching songs, like many of today's militaries, while on the move. Unfortunately, only one genuine song survives today, called Urbane (or Urbani by some).
b9YOa TIL that humans weren't the first species to discover agriculture. That honor belongs to multiple species of ants (and termites) who beat us to it by 50-60 million years.
GYOr4 TIL the US Navy commissioned an Arleigh Burke class Destroyer named after Sir Winston Churchill, only the fourth time a US Navy ship to carry British citizens name.
N74kQ TIL that the loudest word ever shouted was the word 'quiet'.