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TIL the British government has a public list of citizens that have repeatedly sued others without cause, and are now banned from doing so.

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Z8MXG TIL Australian child murderer, psychopath & pedophile Nicole Louise Pearce (born Paul Luckman) underwent gender-reassignment at state expense while incarcerated, was paroled in 1999 against the advice of majority professional opinion and repeatedly relocated to within close proximity of children
kJ8YW TIL about the infamous Ash Wednesday bushfires that ravaged the states of South Australia and Victoria on the 16th of February 1983. The fires burnt 3 million acres in a single day claiming a total of 75 lives and a total insurance cost of $324 million. ($1.16 billion adjusted for inflation)
9GVQ TIL that in 1866 two separate entrepreneurs started competing milk companies in Switzerland. By 1905, when both men were dead, the two companies merged to become Nestle.
Y7noG TIL that herbs are the fresh part of the plant while spice is the dried root, stalk, seed or fruit of the plant and is almost always dried not fresh.
9wkap TIL about Bicameral Mentality, a hypothesis which argues that the human mind once operated in a state in which cognitive functions were divided between one part of the brain which appears to be “speaking”, and a second part which listens and obeys.