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TIL in order to transport a gun to New Jersey you must take the gun apart and place each part in separate lock boxes and place them in separate parts of the vehicle.

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XEaP6 TIL that live snails need their own train ticket, if you take one on a train in France. According to French law, when taking any animal under 6KG (~13lbs) one must pay 7 Euro (~$7.5) for the ride. Law requires you to stay with your snail and keep it and the other passengers safe for the whole ride.
oRVwY TIL about the Coastline Paradox which explains that's its impossible to accurately measure the length of a country's coastline and the more precise the measurement the greater the length becomes - to the point of infinity
5l6r TIL That cops in Thailand are forced to wear a pink Hello-Kitty armband if they break the law or rules of duty.
loRNA TIL 40% of the population in India speaks Hindi, and 8% speak Bengali, making it the second most widely spoken language. Around 10% of India’s population speak English, but it is only a first language for 0.019%
Ryjl TIL that deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon have plummeted 80% in the last decade