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TIL It's illegal in Turkey to insult Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

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oBYYA TIL in 1999 that Royal Caribbean was accused of dumping oil and was caught providing falsified documents about it to the US Coast Guard. They then argued they were outside US jurisdiction since they were incorporated in Liberia (their HQ was/is in Miami)
XmXP TIL That Harry Caray kept a diary to keep track of all the bars he attended and drinks he had in 1972.
wok0Y TIL increasing the tax on tobacco products is one of the most effective ways in decreasing tobacco usage.
d8nLj TIL that Greek art strongly influenced Buddhist art following Alexander's conquests across the Middle East. Statues of Buddha did not exist before this, and Greco-Buddhism reached as far as Japan, where the wind God Fujin is still closely modeled after depictions the Greek wind God Boreas.
AOya TIL That the “Big Ben” in London isn’t a tower, The bell inside the tower is called “Big Ben”. The tower itself is called “The Elizabeth Tower”.