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TIL per a report released by the federation of American scientists, the United States government produces more classified information then unclassified.

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R7586 TIL that the Michelin Guide, suspended during WWII, was reprinted for the Allies as it was deemed to have the most up-to-date maps.
7mgX TIL a linguist in Minnesota spoke only Klingon to his son for the first three years of his life, as an experiment in language acquisition.
0wodM TIL about Joybubbles, a blind man who at age 5 figured he could make free long distance phone calls by using his perfect pitch to whistle. He later went on to create a non profit where he called terminally ill children and talked to them paying for the call himself.
eDrg TIL that Australians are entitled by law to a repair/replace/refund on whatever they buy
grL4L TIL Cannibalism is legal in the Netherlands