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TIL Portugal decriminalized prosecuting all drug users in 2001 but those same drugs are still listed as illegal because “Otherwise we would have gotten into trouble with the UN”

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4Xakb TIL there was a planned military coup at the end of the US Revolutionary War
kOxVB TIL a man was cooked alive in a 270° pressure cooker oven along with 12,000 pounds of tuna. In CA’s largest workplace safety violation settlement ever ($6M), Bumble Bee Tuna agreed to pay $1.5M to the deceased’s family, $1.5M to state government and courts, and $3M to purchase new automated ovens.
yVb6M TIL that even if you get the call “we have a kidney”, positive cross match nixes it
rbod TIL the rarest Olympic Medal is the Pierre de Coubertin (aka True Spirit of Sportsmanship) medal. It is awarded less than once per Olympics.
WRRo TIL In 2005 the Italian Prime Minister, Berlusconi, insulted Finnish cuisine and joked that Finns ate “marinated reindeer”. In 2008, Finland won an international pizza contest, beating Italy. The name of the winning pizza was “Pizza Berlusconi” which was made of smoked reindeer.