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TIL that ‘Spirited Away’ is actually about prostitution

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jN10j TIL in South Korea, anyone caught leaving anonymous comment on a blog with more than 100,000 readers can receive a five-year prison term. All comments must use a real name.
OJN6 TIL in 2009, Colorado initiated its Family Planning Initiative to provide low-to-no cost birth control to 68 family clinics around the state. Between 2009 and 2013, the state’s teen birth rate dropped by 40%.
PwAg TIL of Poe’s Law: No matter how genuine an article seems, without a clear hint one cannot know for sure if it is a Parody or a Serious extreme view.
9YYEr TIL that Stewart Copeland's (drummer for The Police) father was a powerful CIA officer and was involved in overthrowing the governments of Syria and Iran
4Qnw TIL a Utah High School allowed students to use a real gun, loaded with blank rounds, in a High School production of Oklahoma! Student shot himself in head with it, not knowing that a blank can still kill at close range, and died.