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TIL it is illegal for anyone, even children, to wear camouflage clothing of any kind in Barbados

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Bb6d TIL in Japan if someone on trial is filmed while in handcuffs their hands have to be pixelated to be shown on TV. This is because a man named Kazuyoshi Miura brought a succesful case to court arguing the image of him in handcuffs implied guilt and had prejudiced his trial.
XEX6P TIL that Mona Lisa painting has its own mailbox due to the large amount of love letters and flowers from admirers.
KJkE TIL that a man named Tsutomu Yamaguchi was on a business trip in Hiroshima when the atomic bomb dropped. He was wounded, but returned to his hometown of Nagasaki, where the very next day the second atomic bomb was dropped. He survived both blasts and lived to 93.
P1xNe TIL that there are more ethnic Brits in The United States than in the United Kingdom.
bLEZ TIL The Honda City Turbo is a car that included a little motorized folding scooter designed to fit in the trunk.