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TIL that a 1969 SciFi novel accurately predicted the current state of world affairs of 2010 including a popular leader called President Obomi

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E1b8p TIL: The Mexican Constitution is the first such document in the world to set out social rights, serving as a model for the Weimar Constitution of 1919 and the Soviet Constitution of 1918.
oBdXW TIL 6 geologists were convicted of manslaughter in Italy, 2009, for failing to predict an earthquake
XKYP TIL that in Finland the cost of traffic and speed violations is calculated by the offending driver’s annual income and that someone has been fined 200,000 euros for a single speeding offense.
gMO4W TIL that Friday the 13th is the most common day of the week for the 13th to fall on
woypP TIL In the '80s, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled state governments cannot be held legally responsible for failing to protect a child from abuse or neglect (even if they knew about the risks earlier) in the case of DeShaney v. Winnebago (1989).