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TIL Switzerland allows assisted suicide even by non physicians if carried out for altruistic/unselfish reasons

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ypGp TIL the tails of comets point away from the sun, not behind its travel direction
lyLa TIL: In 2014, the Spanish Marijuana Seed store Alchimia, has contributed around 21,500 seeds, to ensure the survival of cannabis for use by future generations.
WRDd TIL: Physicist Alan Sokal wrote a mock paper full of made up gibberish in the style of post-modernist philosophers and managed to get it published to prove that some philosophers are bullshitters.
6D1J TIL: Cholula hot sauce is owned by Jose Cuervo.
DQeoV TIL The world's largest employer is The United States Department of Defense (with 3 million employees)