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TIL Belgium has so many political parties, that they faced a problem when 11 parties received a significant amount of votes in 2010. It eventually took 541 days for a majority of parties to agree to work with each other.

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6lxQ TIL Coca Cola has depleted Indian village’s water for 16 years
9Ojm TIL from the thirties until the seventies, fluoroscopes were common in children’s shoe stores. They are live x-ray machines that let you see the bones in your feet when you wiggle your toes. By 1970, 33 states had banned them due to health concerns.
06xv TIL that the movie Never Been Kissed was titled “Because She’s Ugly” in the Philippines.
PBbe TIL A 13 year old was arrested for burping and laughing in gym class because of a New Mexico statute stating it is a misdemeanor to disrupt school activities.
JVVj TIL that Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence on a “laptop,” a kind of writing desk that could fit on one’s lap.