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TIL Developed countries around the world issued travel advisories for travel in the US that caution about gun crimes and mass shootings.

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wLRAo TIL about ‘Harris' List of Covent Garden Ladies’ - a book published between 1757-1795 detailing the appearance and sexual specialities of up to 190 prostitutes who worked in Covent Garden. It compliments their sexual abilities, and critiques bad habits. Harris earned the name the ‘Pimp General’
VM9dG TIL since India has more than 400 million vegetarians, every packaged food or toothpaste in India must have a mark to distinguish whether it is vegetarian or non-vegetarian. The vegetarian symbol is a green square with a green dot in the centre while the non vegetarian is the same in red.
gr8PA TIL that there was a niche of traditional Japanese art that consisted of a series of paintings showing the decomposition of a human body — and it was made for contemplation
D1nme TIL the first theaters in the early 1900's charged a five cents for admission, and were therefore named "nickelodeons."
nWryY TIL that the number of priests has been down 60% in the last 50 years leaving 3500 churches without one