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TIL that Money Laundering wasn't a federal offense in the United States until 1986

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OGJd7 TIL the exact ingredients of herbs and spices used to flavour vermouth are kept secret by manufacturers
OG6WY TIL that JAXA (Japanese NASA) tests astronaut candidates by making them fold a thousand origami cranes. This helps determine how the person deals with boring, repetitive tasks and time constraints.
vO7r TIL in 1995 May was declared “Masturbation Month”
XEWwk TIL Netherlands is the World's 2nd largest food exporter after the USA (which is around 270 times larger in area) The Dutch Farmers produce crops 'sustainably' with low usage of water/pesticides. The usage of Antibiotics for poultry & livestock has also decreased significantly since the last decade
RrDl TIL that French Bulldogs cannot reproduce on their own. They have to be artificially inseminated AND deliver only by C-section.