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TIL there is a shrine in Indonesia where once every 35 days, devout Muslims visit, to commit adultery with strangers in the belief it will bring them good luck.

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XEw4Q TIL Prior to allying with the Soviet Union, Fidel Castro was a political celebrity in the US, celebrated as a liberator and modern day Robin Hood.
xV95o TIL that because of the availability of soda fountains in the Eastern US when soft drinks became popular, Easterners referred to the drink as soda. As the midwest did not yet have them, the drink was called pop because of the sound a cork or cap makes when being removed from a bottle.
Yp4RP TIL about Juliane Diller who, at 17, survived a plane explosion then fell to the ground still strapped to her seat. She then survived by following a river for nine days until she came across some loggers who rescued her.
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