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TIL that the Suez Canal requires it’s own specific Search Light to navigate through, lest you are subject to a $5,000 USD fine

by whatilearned June 23, 2022, 5:08 pm

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TIL in Vermont, there is still a law from 1856 that requires women to get permission from their husbands before getting false teeth.

by whatilearned June 5, 2022, 6:11 pm

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TIL that Diminish and Ascend, a sculpture in Christchurch Botanic Gardens that looks like an endless staircase, has impaled two seagulls and requires NZ$700 of maintenance monthly to remove bird droppings

by whatilearned May 23, 2022, 10:37 pm

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TIL one Brazil nut contains twice the recommended daily amount of selenium our body requires. One serving of nuts contains about 1000% of your daily allowance.

by whatilearned April 7, 2022, 4:14 am

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TIL the US State of Hawai’i has an “Aloha Spirit” law that requires government officials to act with kindness, patience, agreeability, and humility.

by whatilearned April 5, 2022, 10:41 pm

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TIL Singapore requires a permit to buy a car and it can cost more than a midrange or luxury car itself.

by whatilearned March 17, 2022, 5:40 am

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TIL If a nuclear missile is shot down mid air, it WON’T cause a nuclear explosion in the air. It’s because the detonation of a nuclear bomb requires a precise orchestration of events, without which the chain reaction does not initiate, thereby preventing the explosion.

by whatilearned March 3, 2022, 2:45 pm

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TIL – Finishing Super Mario Bros. with the lowest score possible (without continues), a mere 500, requires not harming a single foe, collecting any coins, and you must complete each stage with zero seconds on the clock.

by whatilearned February 5, 2022, 1:45 pm

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TIL the NFL requires every team to be owned by one owner or a small group, one of which must hold 1/3+ of the shares. The Packers are the only exception, community owned disallowing any single owner to own more than 200,000 shares.

by whatilearned January 23, 2022, 4:53 am

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TIL : Kanye West’s mother, Donda, has a law named after her known as ‘Donda West law’ that requires patients to have a physical examination before cosmetic surgery. Donda West unfortunately passed away from heart problems one day after her surgery.

by whatilearned January 18, 2022, 2:48 pm

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How do you feel about banning grass lawns and mandating property owners to grow clover, perennial peanut, or use some other low maintenance ground over that requires no watering, no cutting, no herbicide?

by QuestionGuy January 10, 2022, 11:02 pm

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TIL there is a Gnostic ethno-religion called Mandaeism in Iraq that is followed by the Mandaeans who are around 60-100,000 practitioners strong. Fascinatingly, their faith requires them to live near rivers as they represent the One God ‘Hayyi Rabbi’ who’s symbol, the Yardena, is the ‘Living Water’

by whatilearned December 10, 2021, 6:43 pm

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