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TIL Israel made chinese workers sign a "no sex" contract

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oRdar TIL that not only was there a meat shower in Kentucky in 1876, this year is the first ever Meat Shower Festival, featuring a Mystery Meat Chili Cook-Off
XVN8 TIL Richard A. Rizzo being suspended 7 times and arrested 4 times is still a Chicago cop.
ZRbp TIL that the premise for the game GTA was stumbled upon by testers through a glitch during the creation of a game called Race'n'Chase. The glitch opened up the linear gameplay of Race'n'Chase to an open world with “non-stop crashing”. Developers abandoned Race'n'Chase and turned it into GTA.
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16lVD TIL more than 40 percent of the USA's roads are in poor or mediocre condition. The assessment of bridges, airports and water infrastructure is similar.