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TIL that Portugal decriminalized all drugs - not just pot, 12 years ago. Drug use has dropped by over 70%, and today many view drug users in the community more favorably then cigarette smokers.

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Y70Av TIL Frank Thomas is the only baseball player with over 10,000 at bats who never recorded a sacrifice bunt
OolwY TIL 3 Canadian men working on a boat at Digby's waterfront freed a 15 ft minke whale tangled in a net which surrounded its mouth & embedded about an inch into its skin. The whale came to shore in waist-high water as if searching for help from humans; when free, the whale swam back to deeper waters.
m1RkR TIL that the inventor of the Pringles can is now buried in one.
QgDM TIL In the movie Scott Pilgrim VS The World, Edgar Wright wanted to use music from Legend of Zelda. To get permission to use the music, Edgar Wright sent a clip of the film and wrote a letter to Nintendo that described the music as “like nursery rhymes to a generation.”
or9E TIL Rotten Tomatoes rates the Toy Story trilogy as the greatest of all time, with 2 100% and 1 99% Rating.