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TIL Portugal has reduced drug related problems by making it a public health concern, rather than a criminal offense

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R7r19 TIL the world's oldest printed book is 'The Diamond Sutra' and it was created in 868 A.D. by a man named Wang Jie. At the bottom-right corner he printed: “Reverently made for universal free distribution by Wang Jie on behalf of his two parents.”
e7Xn TIL Charles Schultz killed off a disliked Peanut with an axe.
rNEgM TIL in the 1960s, General Electric designed a portable astronaut escape pod made out of a plastic bag called MOOSE ("Man Out Of Space Easiest"). An astronaut would reenter Earth's atmosphere in a giant, foam-filled plastic bag
4XPkX TIL that a thermos works because there is a vacuum between the walls of the container, limiting the transfer of heat to or from its contents.
AZGn TIL Zorastians believed in Self Marriage. Meaning they could marry their daughters, mothers, and sisters.