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TIL using a red cross as a health symbol in video games can be illegal and can violate the Geneva Conventions, as it's a protected emblem reserved for medical services in wartime

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O9VX TIL that upon release of the famous YMCA song by Village People, the actual YMCA threatened to sue the band. The organization ultimately dropped the lawsuit when it noticed that membership significantly increased in the wake of the song’s popularity.
Yj7W TIL in Saudi Arabia justice system the arrested are often not informed the crime they are accused of or given access to a lawyer and are subject to torture if they don’t confess. At trial, there’s a presumption of guilt and the accused is often unable to present a legal defense.
p8GXZ TIL that when Charles Darwin was a teenager, his father told him "You care for nothing but shooting, dogs, and rat-catching, and you will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family."
R7MZa TIL The Chinese, as a nation, are not keen on dairy foods and many are uncomfortable with the very idea of cheese, with the exception of the south-western province of Yunnan
VMB9G TIL just after the big bang there was a giant cold spot in the universe which cannot be explained, but may have been caused by our universe colliding with another.