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TIL the United Kingdom writes, prints and stores all of its laws on goatskin

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PYXYg TIL it's not actually illegal to drive barefoot. In many countries including the UK, US and Canada it's fine as long as you have the ability to operate the controls safely.
wLek1 TIL there is a group of scientists that believe a virus came to earth on the back of a meteor and then infected a group of squid which then evolved into octopuses.
e8LJ TIL that possibly the world’s oldest surviving written text (around 4500-years old), known as the ‘Instructions of Shuruppak’, gives the following advice - “Do not pass judgment when you drink beer.”
xVmw0 TIL that physical muscle pain is a symptom of grief.
5Y41D TIL that Sony needed military export permits from the Japanese trade ministry for the export of PlayStation 2s. The PS2 was so good at processing high quality images quickly that the Japanese government believed it was possible to adapt it for use in missile guidance systems.