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TIL that it is illegal for certain Canadians and all Canadian companies to comply with US sanctions against Cuba

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0wBKy TIL when Saint Philip Neri's body was examined after he died, two of his ribs were found broken; this was attributed at the time to a miraculous expansion of his heart while praying. However, Pope Benedict XIV later stated that Philip's enlarged heart was actually caused by an aneurism.
5Y8jD TIL what ablaut reduplication is. it’s why when we say clip-clop instead of clop-clip (this is because you always put an I, Then A, then O for 3 words and I then A or O for 2)
QL8k 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”
gbx7 TIL that sending an all female crew to Mars would be significantly cheaper than sending men.
Zpeyp TIL of ray cat, a proposed kind of cat that would be genetically engineered to glow in the presence of nuclear radiation to act as a long-term nuclear warning. This is done by inventing traditions of folklore which spread the idea that people should flee when a cat changes color