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TIL same-sex relations have been legal in the Netherlands since 1811.

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7k8b TIL a man called 68 fast food restaurants claiming to be a cop and convinced the restaurant manager to strip teenage employees. He convinced one manager to slap the buttocks of the victim. McDonald’s publicly blamed the victims.
d8b9r TIL that birch trees have bark that peels because they can photosynthesize through their bark. Peeling off the old bark removes lichen and fungus that would prevent photosynthesis.
e04d5 TIL about Euler's disk, which can spin for an absurdly long time, and seemingly defy gravity by increasing its axial precession as it decreases it's azimuthal rotation.
60JZ TIL that In Kazakhstan, the children’s TV show the Teletubbies was banned by personal order of the president on the grounds that Tinky Winky “was a sexual pervert"
GY0kJ TIL The most performed living composer in the world for 8 years, & cited by Aphex Twin, Radiohead, Sigur Ros & others as influential, Arvo Pärt has been nominated for for 11 Grammy Awards & has won twice. His music has been used in many films, including There will be Blood, & Avengers