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TIL the sale and importation of chewing gum is illegal in Singapore

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woXYP TIL In 2009, a Maine man was accused of repeatedly climbing into campground outhouse pits to peer at victims from below.
drQK TIL that Thomas Edison taught his second wife Morse code so they could communicate in secret by tapping into each other’s hands when her family was around
KOEG9 Today I learned Americans were the ones to introduce the use of shotguns in warfare during WW1. They were so effective at clearing trenches, that they were called "trench brooms" and the Germans complained about its use and how it caused unnecessary suffering.