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TIL that in Singapore anyone born in the year 2000 or later is forever banned from buying cigarettes or any other tobacco related product.

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R7gAj TIL bomb-sniffing dogs will calmly sit when they smell explosive materials. They will never bark or paw at something they detect
lo9nG TIL the third most successful political party in the United States by number of seats in state and national offices is the local Vermont Progressive Party, and it even holds a majority in the Burlington City Council.
p87bQ TIL about German playboy Rolf Eden, age 86, who once sued a 19-yr old woman for age discrimination after she refused to sleep with him. He intends to die while having sex and has allocated $330K in his will to whichever woman is fucking him at the moment of his death.
kOd5W TIL that organ donation is on an opt-out basis in Singapore. Citizens who opt-out have a lower priority of receiving an organ should they need one.
nWrAo TIL the use of beheading machines in Europe long predates such use during the French Revolution in 1792. An early example of the principle is found in the “High History of the Holy Grail”, dated to about 1210. Although the device is imaginary, its function is clear.