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TIL that cannabis is actually not technically legal in The Netherlands. A “gedoogbeleid” (tolerance policy) is used such that cannabis coffeeshops are not prosecuted if they follow certain rules, but are still against the law.

by whatilearned August 14, 2022, 11:34 am

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TIL: China now has a three-child policy instead of one-child policy

by whatilearned August 7, 2022, 6:59 pm

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Why do historians consider Lyndon B. Johnson a failure on foreign policy?

by HistoryBuff June 11, 2022, 12:45 pm

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TIL of Sakoku, the foreign policy of the Tokugawa Shogunate, which forbade common Japanese citizens to leave the country for a period of 265 years.

by whatilearned June 11, 2022, 1:48 am

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TIL In July ‘20, ten days before it’s release, LEGO cancelled their upcoming officially licensed Lego Technic V-22 Boeing Osprey model aircraft due to the their long-standing policy not to feature real military vehicles

by whatilearned June 3, 2022, 3:31 am

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If mass shootings are truly just a mental health issue, what law or policy could be enacted to prevent them?

by QuestionGuy May 25, 2022, 5:24 pm

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TIL: When golfers are paid for scoring a hole-in-one during certain tournaments, the payment comes from a special insurance policy. ⛳

by whatilearned May 4, 2022, 5:58 pm

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TIL MLB player Oscar Gamble, known for his afro, was not allowed to keep his afro when he was traded to the Yankees because of their strict appearance policy. Gamble had a commercial deal for Afro Sheen and lost the deal when he cut his afro. He was reimbursed $5k by the club owner for the lost deal

by whatilearned March 22, 2022, 2:58 pm

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What’s your upvote/downvote policy?

by QuestionGuy March 21, 2022, 4:01 pm

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People who vandalize gas pumps by affixing those Biden “I did that” stickers on them, what specifically is one policy or action that he did to contribute to inflation happening the moment he took office?

by QuestionGuy March 17, 2022, 9:15 pm

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TIL about the dispute over Jewish assets in dormant Swiss bank accounts in the 1990s turned into Switzerland’s biggest foreign policy crisis since the Second World War. On August 12, 1998, a billion-dollar settlement was reached.

by whatilearned February 25, 2022, 6:19 am

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TIL that the work of Charles Drew, a pioneer in preserving blood, led to large-scale blood bank use, U.S. blood donations to Britons in WWII, and the use of bloodmobiles. He resigned as chief of the first American Red Cross blood bank over a policy that separated the blood of black and white people.

by whatilearned February 13, 2022, 12:56 am

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