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TIL A traditional marriage custom in Congo forbids the bride and the groom from smiling during their entire wedding day.

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GAgoJ TIL Porsche, Bentley, and Lamborghini all raise bees and have massive apiaries at their HQs
bZaZ TIL Mark Twain wrote an essay from the perspective of Satan composing a series of letters about Earth. Link to the full text is at the bottom of the Wikipedia page.
n0a9 TIL that Japanese paratroopers in WWII had rifles that folded in half. They quickly discovered that these modifications didn’t work too well.
peKN TIL that sliced bread was briefly banned in the USA in 1943.
QJW6L TIL of Gillian McKeith, a self-declared nutritionist who has appeared on mainstream UK television presenting herself as a doctor with a PhD despite having no medical qualifications, and has also said misleading things regarding illegal products she sold.