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TIL that although cannabis is illegal in Australia there’s a town in New South Wales revolving almost only around weed selling and weed tourism where cannabis is both sold and grown openly.

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9oGG TIL that the “bubonic plague” was a specific way of dying from the plague wherein lymph nodes would swell into lumps called “bubos.” This is also the origin of bruises being called “boo-boos.”
xgR1 TIL of ‘Tent City’, an Arizona jail built out of old military tents, operational since 1993
ep7k4 TIL that cheetas chirp like birds and it is SO cute.
JYKkQ TIL according to a Kyoto University team, dogs can recognize a bad person & negatively evaluate people who refuse to help their owners.
8app4 TIL that in this picture taken 3 years ago, the combined net worth of these internet/tech executives were worth $200B. Today, just the two people at the front ends (Mark Zuckerberg & Jeff Bezos) are combined worth over $220B.