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TIL In 1999, Norway granted refuge to a U.S. drug smuggler because the Supreme Court declared that U.S. prisons do not meet “minimum humanitarian standards.”

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QNlBM TIL of the Edinburgh Seven, the first women to matriculate at a British university in 1869. The university discriminated them with charging higher fees. As they arrived at their anatomy exam, several hundred male students pelted them with mud and other objects and shoved a sheep into the exam hall.
enA5 TIL Even the French Government is terrified of the French Foreign Legion and stations the regiment far away from Government HQs.
E9Zo TIL that if the United States cut its military budget by 85% it would still have the largest military budget in the world.
w4QP TIL that Cape Canaveral has the area code “3-2-1”, to resemble the countdown sequence for rocket launches occurring in the area.
WXnA TIL that Robert De Niro was so dedicated, to prepare for his roles, he actually gained 60 lbs for Raging Bull, lived in Sicily Italy for The Godfather Part II, ground his teeth for Cape Fear, became a cab driver for Taxi Driver, and learned to play the saxophone for New York, New York.