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TIL Belgium and the Netherlands allow euthanasia for severe treatment-resistant mental illnesses.

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4kPXR TIL TV shows love hiring twins for newborn roles. Twins double the filming time (they swap them out) and, since they’re often born premature and smaller, they look more like fresh newborns on screen, even if they’re actually a few weeks old.
d8grZ TIL The word "checkmate" is derived from the Persian shāh māt ("the king is helpless").
Z8gno TIL over 3,800 Ancient artifacts, including cuneiform tablets and cylinder seals, were smuggled into the United States and shipped to Hobby Lobby Stores before being discovered by ICE and returned to the Republic of Iraq.
kOJVm TIL Africville was a black community in Halifax dating from 1840s but razed in the mid-1960s and its 400 residents were relocated as part of a redevelopment plan. Moving Africvillers into the city was seen by the government as a way to integrate them and meet their needs
KYEaB TIL the brightest supernova ever found shined with the luminosity of 570 billion suns. At a distance of 13 light years it would appear as bright as the sun, and at 8,000 light years as bright as the full moon.