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TIL that there are currently 3 places in the world where it is illegal to die.

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MeQkK TIL the present-day Washington State was originally called "Columbia", but Congress forced the name change to "Washington" in honor of George Washington and to avoid confusion with the nation's capital, the District of Columbia
LQ5dr TIL about Xu Xiaodong, a Chinese MMA fighter famous for challenging traditional martial artists who make fraudulent online claims about their abilities, which earned him fines and other punishments from the Chinese government.
BgGXe TIL A woman named Sonora Smart Dodd came up with the idea of Father's Day after being inspired by a Mother's Day sermon and appreciating her father, who raised her and her siblings by himself. On June 19, 1910, the first annual celebration was held.
jNL1n TIL In the gas chambers of Auschwitz it could take between 7-20 minutes for the victims to die from the gas while they fought to get out.
780PM TIL that, from 1935, the SS-managed Lebensborn foundation managed a network of maternity homes for unmarried mothers and orphanages for kidnapped children in order to further the Aryan race