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TIL after noticing all of the attention the US women’s gymnastics team was getting, the US men’s gymnastics team suggested they compete shirtless to attract more viewers

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kvWm TIL Pot is legal and in North Korea. It carries no social stigma, and is widely used.
GAQ64 TIL Germany still legally recognizes "Aryan certificates" that were issued by the Nazi government from 1933 to 1945.
v1de8 TIL there was a Tennessee Republican politician who changed his middle name to 'Low tax' so that it would appear on the ballot box, murdered his political opponent in a later senatorial race, was sentenced to life and died in prison.
XGn8 TIL after a female pedestrian in his community was killed by a red-light runner, a 74 year old Chinese man spent an entire day hurling bricks at bad drivers. He smashed over 30 red-light runners’ cars before the police asked him to stop.
Wwmo TIL the old testament law “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth” was not intended to justify retaliation. It was intended to prevent blood feuds and other excessive forms of retribution.