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TIL that the Saudi Arabian judiciary increased a 19-year-old rape victim’s sentence from 90 lashes to 200 lashes plus six months in jail because her lawyer drew the world’s attention to the case.

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45rX TIL of the Ket language. Spoken by 200 people in central Siberia north of Mongolia, it is considered to be in the same language family as Navajo. That would make Ket speakers the only remaining members in Eurasia of the original population that colonized the Americas.
KOWbE TIL Jeff Lynne initially refused to allow the song livin' thing to appear in Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights because he has a problem with sex and violence in films. However after PTA provided a screening, Lynne loved it soo much he allowed it to appear in the final scene and credits.
epkWE TIL, that the usage of snake as a symbol of medicine is associated with Asclepios, the Greek God of medicine and possessed benevolent healing properties.
ANvg TIL that nearly every top McDonald’s monopoly prize from 1995-2000 was fraudulently won by a group of insiders
Yoed TIL that the USDA deploys cyanide filled “trap” bombs on public land to kill feral dogs and coyotes.