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TIL that research shows that people who laugh at dark jokes have higher IQs and report less aggressive tendencies .

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6pvW TIL that when the Gregorian calendar was implemented in 1582, Thursday 4 October was followed by Friday 15 October, to adjust to the new calendar.
KALE TIL Prostitution isn’t and has never been illegal in Canada
16GQ4 TIL, In 2014, during the penultimate capture of drug kingpin El Chapo, more than a thousand people marched in Culiacan ( Mexico) demanding his release. The crowd also demanded non-extradition; according to them, the boss had kept the city free from extortion and kidnapping.
NX89b TIL: Gary Dahl, who invented the pet rock in 1975 came up with the idea at a bar with friends as a joke. He later began selling rocks. Within 2 months he was selling 10k rocks a day within half a year he was a millionaire. His later ideas of "Sand Breeding Kits" and "Red China Dirt" failed.
j647p TIL cazu martzu is a cheese that has living maggots in it. If you don't chew enough the maggots can be your intestines. It is banned for obvious reasons but the demand for the maggot cheese is so large there is a black market that brings in 2-3 million euros annually