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TIL there’s a town in Brazil made of women. Sons are sent away at 18 and husbands are only allowed to visit on weekends.

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6yZQ TIL There is a project to put orange on indoor cats to easily distinguish indoor cats that have escaped vs outdoor cats.
Pgje TIL an Iraqi Man moved to Australia and used the Welfare System as Income. Some years later he became successful and wrote a check for more than $18,000 to the Australian Government (Every cent they gave him).
gMBZ4 TIL at age 17, Brock Lesnar joined the Army National Guard, where he was assigned to an office job after his red-green colorblindness was deemed hazardous to his desire to work with explosives
E1vnP TIL there is a law in California that if you work for an employer that has more than 50 employees and provides subsidized parking you can opt out of your space for the cash equivalent. A 1992 study showed this cash equivilant ranged from $36/mo to $165/mo pre-tax.
Apbx TIL that in 1962 the CIA tipped off South Africa’s intelligence service about the location of Nelson Mandela, leading to his arrest that put him in jail for 27 years