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TIL 500g of polar bear liver contains 9 million international units of Vitamin A and would kill you if eaten

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v1bWD TIL "decimation was a form of Roman military discipline in which every tenth man in a group was executed.." Was checking the rona fatality rates when I saw Italy at the 10 percent milestone.
78Yex TIL until 1998, in the Australian State of Victoria, it was illegal to change a lightbulb without an electricians license. If you were caught breaking this law, you would be fined 10$ (about $7.15 usd)
jNYrX TIL about Maurice Ruddick, Canadian Citizen of the Year and coal mine disaster survivor who was invited to vacation in Georgia resort by the governor, but moved to a trailer once the governor learned Ruddick was black.
9w8PM TIL NFL cheerleaders make around $150 per game.
ERA7 TIL a store refused to decorate a 3 yr old child’s cake with “Happy Birthday Adolf Hitler!” The public attention from his father’s outrage at this refusal expedited his removal from the home. The father no longer has custody of any of his 9 children due to “instability” and lack of court compliance.