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TIL: It's against the law for teachers to strike in Texas and can result in a teacher losing their job, teaching certificate and retirement.

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OEB7 TIL Kevin Sorbo (Hercules, Xena TV series’) suffered 3 strokes after chiropractic manipulation of his shoulder released blood clots from an aneurysm, leaving him with permanent injuries and difficulty acting.
rREM TIL that in Cali, Columbia, when a woman is going to have sex with her husband for the first time, her mother must be present to witness the act.
OGkZ4 TIL - Romania tops alcohol consumption per person 16.90 litres annually. This is significantly higher than the US, where it’s 9.97. Contrarily, countries like Afghanistan and Libya have the lowest consumption rates, at 0.01 and 0.03 litres.
LkQ9P TIL that in 2006 Michael Vick started a charity for at-risk youth. The charity spent $20,000 of its budget on programs for kids, paid $97,000 to a friend of Vick's who acted as the foundation's "fundraiser" and gave the remaining $50,000 in its bank account to Vick's financial adviser.
1677O TIL that New Hampshire's AA minor league baseball team was initially going to be called the New Hampshire Primaries and have a logo of a donkey and an elephant side by side, but local fans disliked it so much that the team held a name contest and instead became the New Hampshire Fisher Cats