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TIL In Laos it it illegal for foreign nationals and Lao citizens to have sexual relations unless the two are married.

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oRyjo TIL of Hugo Gernsback. Among other things, The Hugo Awards were named after him. He founded Amazing Stories, the first sci-fi magazine, in 1926. He even received his own Hugo Award in 1960.
OodM1 TIL when France increased the price of cigarettes by 66% over an eight-year period, the smoking rate among French executives and professionals declined. However, the smoking rate among manual laborers remained about the same and among the unemployed, it increased.
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