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TIL: That SHARKS are OLDER than TREES.

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y7yM TIL Since 2011 A 60 year old Australian man has been paid by local councils in Sydney to have sex with prostitutes in illegal brothels to gather evidence so they can be shut down.
YpKwZ TIL Loudest sounds
AGgx TIL Pakistan once tried to ban the words mango, lavender, athlete’s foot, Wuutang and pud (among others) from being sent via text message due to “obscenity”
MLZ8 TIL in 1970 Jimmy Carter let a prisoner convicted of murder obtain a work release to serve as a maid at the governor’s mansion. He was so impressed, when he was elected president in 1976 he volunteered to be her parole officer & let her continue working at the White House. She was later exonerated.
Pyje TIL that when charged with corrupting the minds of the youth and impiety (not believing in the gods) Socrates suggested that his punishment be a wage paid by the government and free dinners