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TIL: In 2018, researchers found that in Scotland, the amount of drugs consumed per session was more than double the global average. In additional, 36.7% of users reported that drugs were delivered within 30 minutes. Other data also showed that Scotland had high hospitalization rates due to alcohol.

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gnrL TIL: KFC use to have a spin-off restaurant called “Kentucky Roast Beef”. (This one was in Bellevue, WA.)
jrwX TIL FPSRussia’s house was once raided by 40 plus ATF and FBI agents.
VMVD8 TIL "Day of Silence" in Bali where anything that interferes with self-reflection is restricted. The main restrictions are no lighting fires (lights must be kept low); no working; no entertainment or pleasure; no traveling; and, for some, no talking or eating at all (in 2020, it falls on March 25).
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