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TIL that Québec bans dessert-like cannabis edibles because of their potential appeal to minors. The provincially-run dispensaries sell edibles like mini-sausages, ramen, nuts, and poutine sauce.

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mRRO TIL Ernest Hemingway invented a cocktail: Absinthe and Champagne or, “Death in the Afternoon.”
j6A8j TIL of Thomas “Shang” Draper, a crime lord in late 1800s NYC who ran a prostitution house with removable panels on the walls, making it easy for him and his associates to rob clients.
jNBQN TIL since the studio didn’t have enough budget to shoot Riddick (2013). Vin Diesel had to mortgage his house, obtain loans and spend most of his own money on the production
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