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TIL Pimps wear lots of gold jewelry bought at pawn shops to “re-pawn” for bail money since cash is confiscated upon arrest but jewelry is not

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P06e TIL just as the ribbon was about to be cut on the Sydney harbour bridge, a man in military uniform rode up on a horse, slashing the ribbon with his sword and opening it in the name of the people of New South Wales before the official ceremony began. He was promptly arrested.
8lY8 TIL Chinese parents can now sue their children for not visiting often enough
mxLLM TIL that the creators of the Game of Thrones TV series, Benioff and Weiss, had no prior experience in television and only limited experience writing movie scripts. Their original pilot episode was so poorly received at test screenings that HBO demanded that they re-shoot 90% of it.
5e78 TIL Liam Neeson was offered the role of James Bond in Goldeneye (1995) but turned down the role because he wasn’t interested in starring in action movies.
mxLWv TIL that nationalgeographic has a til show