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TIL Rafal Bujnowsk painted a photo-realistic portrait of himself for his Visa application and the US Embassy didn’t realise.

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JYBmj TIL that 98% of the marine fish found in the aquarium hobby cannot be bred on a commercial scale in captivity; they are instead stunned using cyanide poison to enable capture, a process which not only kills many of the fish caught this way, but also destroys a square yard of the worlds ailing reefs
Wk9Xo TIL that under anti-discrimination laws, bartenders cannot legally refuse serving alcohol to pregnant women
Lkw5d TIL That while filming Tokyo Drift, they couldn't get a permit to film a scene. They filmed it anyway, and the studio hired a fall guy to claim to be the director and spend a night in jail.
65xW TIL women on average actually get in more accidents per mile than men, but men are far more likely to be in fatal accidents
9KLX TIL Hitler considered the Japanese “Honorary Aryans” because of their “racial integrity.”