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TIL You can leagally drop your baby off at the fire station in all 50 states (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 6 months ago by so_pitted_wabam@lemmy.zip to c/til@lemmy.world

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Pretty wild! All states give you at least 30 days to dump your baby, no strings attached. Some states give you 60 days!

I feel like more people should know about this! It seems like a highly under utilized ability.

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[–] M137@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago (2 children)

*US states

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[–] mudkip@lemdro.id 1 point 6 months ago

You understood it anyway

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[–] ronl2k@lemmy.world -3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

*US states

Why was that clarification necessary? In what context does "all 50 states" not apply to only the US?

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[–] unphazed@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Because there are other countries with states, like Mexico, Brazil, and India. Do you know how many states are in each country? Neither did I, until I looked some up. Mexico has 31 states, btw, and it's causing my brain to itch with its odd number instead of even. There are no other countries with 50 states, but I didn't know prior and now I have useless trivia folded into my melon.

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[+] ronl2k@lemmy.world -8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Because there are other countries with states.... There are no other countries with 50 states,

Exactly. So, what was the point of the USA clarification?

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[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 13 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Because there are other countries with states, like Mexico, Brazil, and India. Do you know how many states are in each country? Neither did I, until I looked some up. Mexico has 31 states, btw, and it's causing my brain to itch with its odd number instead of even. There are no other countries with 50 states, but I didn't know prior and now I have useless trivia folded into my melon.

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[+] ronl2k@lemmy.world -7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

What other country has 50 states?

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[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

I don't know

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[–] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

none, but people don't tend to know that

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[–] ronl2k@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago

none, but people don’t tend to know that

So why did the poster I responded to specify US states? They obviously already knew which country the 50 referred to.

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[–] axexrx@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

So if an article refered to 'in the 36 states' would you what country theyre talking about off the top of your head?

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Nigeria is the only country with exactly 36 states

There are plenty of complains of the web being US-centric, that i think its perfectly fair to state, and not expect everyone from every country to know how many states, just because its America.

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[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 3 points 6 months ago

Nigeria, obviously

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[–] unphazed@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

I know! Nigeria!

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[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago

Okay, but if your country doesn't have 50 states exactly, then you know it doesn't apply to your country and can skip this.

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