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TIL You can’t file for Bankruptcy in Dubai. In turn, people abandon their exotic sports cars in the airport parking lot while fleeing. Ferrari, Porche, Land Rover, and Mercedes.

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VPok TIL of ‘Dublin’s Pintmen’. Known to drink around 30 pints in a day, and according to a book on Irish pub law - 'Pintmen exude a sort of spiritual aura when in union with their pint. An ethereal look can be seen in their eyes as they are transported beyond spatial and temporal bounds.’
DjZY TIL That in 2010, a band of Somali pirates attempted to capture the US Navy Frigate USS Nicholas, mistaking it for a merchant vessel
Z8yo TIL Swearing on the bible, is against the bible
neZO7 TIL Schrödinger's Cat was a thought experiment designed to be so absurd that people would realize that's not how quantum mechanics work.
dDZEj TIL that TED and TEDx talks are two completely different things and not everyone gets to give a TED talk or not as much as of an opportunity you get for a TEDx talk!