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TIL that violence in Filipino karaoke bars has lead to owners specifically employing gay or effeminate men, or transwomen, who use humor to defuse conflicts between male patrons over women, since they are seen as neutral.

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9YboD TIL that there is a statue known as the Liberty or Freedom statue placed on the Gellért Hill in Budapest, Hungary.
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