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TIL there are places where marginalized people are killed for touching water

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6JX7 TIL of the Horseshoe Theory. The idea is that the political spectrum isn’t a line, it’s more of a horseshoe shape. The extreme ends of the left and right are more similar to each other than moderate left and moderate right.
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0wLn5 TIL that gargoyles are only considered gargoyles if they collect rainwater and spit it out of their mouth. Otherwise, they are called grotesques.