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TIL in 2007, a Yazidi girl was stoned to death by her tribe because of her ties with a Sunni Muslim boy

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woldY TIL the only Monegasque competitor to ever have won an Olympic medal Olympic is Julien Médécin, who received a Bronze medal for Architecture in 1924
AyWa TIL as much as 40 percent of bottled water in the United States comes from public water supplies yet costs up to 2000 time more
8aAjV TIL conservationists in South Africa have been injecting rhino horns with red dyes and toxins to prevent poaching. The mixture renders the horn completely useless to those trying to sell it commercially and is also toxic for human consumption.
wdy1 TIL Medieval Catholic doctrine held that cross-dressing should be evaluated based on context and that necessity would be a permissible reason for cross-dressing. (which made Joan d'Arc innocent)
VBlPk TIL that honey bees defend their hive by forming a bee-ball around the attacker and generating heat, basically 'cooking' it from the inside.