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TIL Hitler and Nazi officials outlawed animal cruelty including the boiling of live lobsters.

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9Y5NG TIL that on May 19th, 1999 when Star Wars: The Phantom Menace released into theaters, an estimated 2.2 million full time employees missed work to watch the film. Costing the US an estimated $293 million dollars from lose of productivity.
alNN TIL that social etiquette and Western mannerisms are becoming status symbols in China
9wkWM TIL That the USA actually runs 240 V power and every home has a split phase system to connect lights and power points to 120 V. Other systems such as Air Con and electric stoves run on 240 V.
6EOVJ TIL: Bees indirectly led to the discovery of New York's largest marijuana Farm underneath a Brooklyn cherry factory
OoG0g TIL that in the game of 8 Ball the 'ball in hand' rule (meaning if the opponent 'scratches' the ball can be placed anywhere on the table) is actually used in professional games. "Which is unlike most amateurs play at home."