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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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VMYem TIL in 1977 Pradyumna Kumar Mahanandia, a poor Indian artist, rode a second-hand bicycle for 4 weeks and 3 days from New Delhi to Gothenburg in Sweden to meet his love Charlotte Von Schedvin because he didn’t have enough money. They married and have 2 children.
kjlE TIL , On his 29th Birthday Sylvester Stallone had only $106 in his bank account , which he later spend on watching a fight between Muhammad Ali and Chuck Wepner who inspired the movie and Balboa’s underdog personality in Rocky.
QAQe TIL Dolly Parton has a program that will mail your child a free age-appropriate book once a month from birth to age 5. No obligation, no catch, she just wants to make sure that every child has books.
G4G TIL the U.S. government has specifications for its pens used by personnel: The pen consists of seven different parts and meets 16 pages of military specs, including that it be able to write for a mile with no fading and withstand temperatures up to 160 degrees and down to 40 degrees below zero.
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