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TIL: It is legal in South-Africa to equip your car with flame-throwers to prevent carjacking.

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ZGyo TIL private companies can outsource call centers to US federal inmates in lieu of offshoring. Federal Prison Industries pays inmates between $0.23/hr and $1.15/hr.
l7ZGr TIL that the NATO mutual defense treaty only applies to territories North of the Tropic of Cancer, meaning that an attack on Hawaii would NOT trigger a response by other NATO members...an attack on Guantanamo Bay would, likewise, not trigger a response.
KYGOa TIL Aimee Elizabeth is a millionaire who chooses to eat cat food despite having a net worth of more than $5.3 million. She opts for cat food due to its affordability, preferring not to spend her wealth.
mxrwx TIL that under Chinese occupation (which killed 1.2 million people), the Tibetan language is banned in Tibet
X0wXr TIL the congressional page program was shut down due in part from congressmen soliciting sex from them