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TIL Foreign diplomats who rent property in the U.S. cannot be legally obligated to pay the rent, and the landlords are forbidden from entering the property at all. Some diplomatic missions have run up $1 million in back rent.

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M71kB TIL that only three soccer teams competed at the 1904 Olympics: the Canadian team of Galt F.C. won the gold, two teams from the USA (Christian Brothers College and St. Rose Parish) won the silver and bronze medals.
Wr8 TIL that the Hipster Barista from the eponymous meme IS actually a barista. He isn’t happy about it either: “I do find it discouraging and disappointing that there was so much exposure brought to an attempt at making a joke of a culinary industry and the professional barista”
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