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TIL Men in India receive a free gun licence if they get a vasectomy

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LQkNr TIL that the Sinaloa Cartel earns between $3 billion and $39 billion US Dollars a year.
E9lX TIL that the corpse of the original singer from Alice in Chains is believed to have sat in front of a flickering tv set for 2 weeks before it was found.
DQ40r TIL shaving a long haired dog can make it susceptible to heat stroke
1a8RO TIL in 1999, Macromedia hired Trey Parker and Matt Stone of South Park fame to create 39 animated shorts to showcase its "Shockwave" player. The result was "Princess". Parker and Stone never heard back after submitting the first two episodes. Here's the first episode (very NSFW).
X05Ar TIL that in 2005, a Ph.D. student at the University of British Columbia nominated a fire hydrant to run for the Board of Governors (and even acted as its "translator"). The hydrant pulled in 900 votes, missing a seat by six ballots.