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TIL Colorado made so much tax revenue from Marijuana in 2015 that the state had a tax holiday and removed all Marijuana related tax for one day

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jo8Q TIL that not only is assisted suicide legal in Switzerland, the law does not require a physician to be involved and the recipient doesn’t have to be a Swiss national
p879p TIL during the battle of Arnhem, after numerous communication failures, a pigeon named William of Orange flew over 400 km (250 miles) for over 4 and a half hours to deliver a message that would end up saving the lives of more than 2000 men. He later earned the Dickins Medal.
QJQQe TIL that Queen Elizabeth II was a mechanic and truck driver during WW2. She's the only female from the royal family in British history to join the armed services.
wLrQP TIL that a social experiment was conducted where wallets were left in 20 cities to see if the people there were honest enough to return them. Only in Denmark and Norway were they all returned.
BreJe TIL workers on the sinking Titanic had their wages stopped the moment they hit the water