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TIL It’s illegal to whistle in Petrolia, Ontario

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9RlG TIL CeeLo Green’s song “F**k You” was written by Bruno Mars.
PYOjn TIL that the word "decimation" stems from the a punishment meted out to units of the Roman army who were guilty of capital offences, whereby one man in ten was executed by nine fellow soldiers after they had all drawn lots. Thus, the army would literally be reduced by a tenth in size.
YXn7 TIL that Luxembourg’s education system is trilingual: the first years of primary school are in Luxembourgish, before changing to German, while in secondary school, the language of instruction changes to French.
5VLp TIL Comedian Richard Pryor grew up in his grandmother’s brothel in Peoria, IL. He once saw his mother performing sex acts with the Mayor.
M7jV0 TIL that just 53 days after being sworn in, the signing of the Enabling Act of 1933 by the Nazi Party cleared the way for Hitler and the Nazis to seize power, ending the Weimar Republik, a Constitutional Republic.