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TIL In Denmark you can get two doses a day of lab grade heroin for free from the gov’t. The result of this program lowered crime rates, saving tax payers $16,122 per addict in 2005

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OPaY TIL that a “mail-order church” fought the IRS for tax-exempt status for 17 years. Status was granted in 2000. In 2007, the “church” earned $6 million per month, mostly by targeting low income and elderly persons who were told that donations are required to have their prayers answered.
x6pVg TIL that a bear took a three year old child, off a front porch, by carrying her in it's front paws while running away on its hind legs. The child was later found dead and the bear was killed when it returned to finish eating the body.
78ox TIL that religious practices were officially banned in Albania between 1967 to 1991. This made Albania the first and only constitutionally atheist state to ever exist.
gr6xL TIL Voyager 2 remains the only spacecraft to have ever visited the ice giants Uranus and Neptune
VBQdG TIL there was an outrage in South America for choosing the France to host the 1938 world cup (second consecutive tournament held in Europe), as they demanded that hosting should be rotated. This led to a boycott from most American teams, with only Cuba and Brazil qualifying by default.