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TIL that using Skype in Ethiopia carries a 15 year maximum jail term

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KO96E TIL Ian Fleming was told by his doctor that gin was damaging to his health (Fleming loved gin so much he would drink a pint every day). The doctor then suggested something relatively less damaging to Fleming's health: bourbon.
mx65O TIL the brains of long-term drug users "forget" how to produce dopamine naturally because the drugs have been producing it instead. In some cases, natural production never goes back to normal, even after long-term sobriety.
P1pmn TIL in 1941, Allied forces fought a successful delaying action against the invading Nazis at Thermopylae, the very spot where Spartans fought a successful delaying action against the invading Persians in 480 B.C.
a8jEo TIL that sycamore seeds (also known as helicopters), are actually poisonous to horses.
VJNk TIL that Doritos were originally created by Disneyland to make use of left over tortillas