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TIL in Japan, the shutter sound on phones and camera’s cannot legally be disabled due to rampant “upskirt” offences.

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lGjA TIL the “Streisand Effect” is a phenomenon named after Barbra Streisand where attempting to censor or remove information has the unintended consequence of publishing that information more widely
j6GoN TIL of "Mellified man", a medicinal substance created by steeping a human cadaver in honey that was apparently capable of healing broken limbs and other ailments.
R5PN7 TIL Lorax (Lori Black) Bassist For The Melvin's In The Early Days Is The Daughter Of Shirley Temple. Big 💕. Why I pound The 4 String. Thanks!
WkN9L TIL The idea for the Red Cross came about in 1859, when a Swiss man, Henry Dunant saw the aftermath of a battle in Italy and witnessed 40,000 men dying with no medical care. 5 years later,12 governments adopted the first Geneva convention; defining medical services as “Neutral” in wartime.
QB6 TIL - Buzz Aldrin, a Presbyterian, was the first person to hold a religious ceremony on the Moon. After landing on the Moon, he gave himself Communion on the surface of the Moon, but he kept it secret because of a lawsuit brought over the reading of Genesis on Apollo 8