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TIL that the US had something called “ugly laws”

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7b8x TIL Finland was the first country in the world to offer a master’s degree in futures studies, and its government is required by law to produce an official review of the future every four years.
E1dJW TIL that Nazi leader Hermann Göring once claimed "No enemy bomber can reach the Ruhr. If one reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Göring. You may call me Meyer.". This would later come back to haunt him as Allied bombers devastated Germany and citizens began to call him "Meyer".
b96Zj TIL that Saddam Hussein was shown the film "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut" while on trial for crimes against humanity as a form of torture.
EJgd TIL the NORTH AMERICAN lottery system is a $70 billion-a-year business, bigger than movie tickets, music, and porn combined
GAJXJ TIL That the theoretical black dwarf star is expected to be able to live for up to 10 to the power of 32000 years, meaning that when they go supernova may make it the last transient to occur before the heat death of the universe.