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TIL that the penalty for placing a sales call to a number on the Do Not Call list is $40,654 per call.

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neljP TIL that the finance minister of Latvia is also Woman Grandmaster of chess, the second highest-ranking chess title that exists for women
ZpXyo TIL that cows have different accents, depending on which herd they come from.
R7blj TIL: In 2011, Fleshlight, a brand of artificial-vagina sex-toys, sent a complimentary package of its products to the members of the SEALs team that killed Osama bin Laden.
LEV9 TIL that 30% of people are iron-deficient. Successful treatment could raise national productivity 20%
Bganx TIL that according to The Rules of Oléron, circa 1266, Article XXIII, an harbour pilot was liable to lose his head by the captain of the ship, without penalty, should he run the captain's ship aground.