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TIL that although brothels are legal in much of Nevada, about 90% of the prostitution that occurs in the state is illegal

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Z80nR TIL: The central spire on the Notre Dame was built almost 600 years later in the 19th century amid a broad restoration effort, partly buoyed by the success of Victor Hugo's novel "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" in 1831.
8ebKK TIL that when Dan Shechtman discovered quasiperiodic crystals in 1982, he got mocked and shamed. Nobel prize winner Linus Pauling spoke of the discovery, saying "There is no such thing as quasicrystals, only quasi-scientists." In 2011 Shechtman won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery.
NOM TIL that when looking at a rainbow the angle between the tip of your shadow and the top of the rainbow will always be 42°.
OGYQg TIL IKEA is the 10th largest food seller outside of the U.S., earning approximately $2.5 billion annually from its in-store restaurants.
oBg6L TIL that in 2019 LEGO polled more than 3000 kids aged 8-12 year olds about future dream professions - while a majority of kids in China (56%) wanted to be astronauts when they grow up, in the US and UK, becoming a Youtuber was the most chosen profession, 3X more popular than astronauts