Despite it being common practice for casinos to ban card counters, a 1979 New Jersey Supreme Court decision banned all Atlantic City casinos from doing so, making them the only state in America where they can’t throw out skilled blackjack players. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_counting#Legal_status
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WTF Fun Fact – The Forest Man Of India
Since 1979, Jadav Payeng aka The Forest Man of India has been planting trees every day on the island of Majuli and Jorhat. In that time, he has built a forest reserve covering 1,360 acres and now that place has its own ecosystem. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/12/26/572421590/hed-take-his-own-life-before-killing-a-tree-meet-india-s-forest-man