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TIL: Bermuda is the first country in the world to have re-criminalised same sex marriage. The bill repealing same sex marriage was passed in December 2017, and the bill comes into effect on June 1st 2018.

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rNO5o TIL crystal methamphetamine (ice) is the most commonly abused narcotic in Hawaii. Majority of the supply is manufactured in California and Mexico. Approximately 80-90% of the meth seized in Hawaii is smuggled through the Honolulu Intl Airport via mailed parcels and couriers on commercial flights.
J11JV TIL that skunks are immune to snake venom and will eat venomous snakes. Skunks are one of the only animals who have this immunity and are unaffected by doses of venom 100 times higher than those that could kill a household pet.
WkB1X TIL velcro was invented by a Swiss electrical engineer after a hunting trip in the Alps in 1941. He took a close look at the burrs of burdock that stuck to his clothes and his dog’s fur and developed the technology for commercial use in the 1950s.
rNKn4 TIL in 1978, when John Carpenter screened the final cut of "Halloween" without the sound effects/music to an executive from 20th Century Fox, the executive wasn’t scared at all. Carpenter was then determined to “save it with music” and composed the film’s famous score in just three days.
0JrA TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger used to give his fellow bodybuilders false advice so he’d easily beat them during competitions