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TIL after the death of NYC drag scene fixture Dorian Corey, a mummified body was found in Corey’s belongings with a gunshot wound to the head

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6AQW TIL that in 2001 a man died from injuries caused by a shooting in 1966; his death was ruled a homicide, despite it occurring 35 years after the death of the shooter.
vERr TIL Nickola Tesla fell madly in love with a white pigeon which “he claimed to love as much as any man would love a woman.”
Wwb8 TIL that altough prostitution is legal in Portugal, it is illegal for third parties to profit from it. (So brothels are illegal)
W7BmY TIL a Galápagos tortoise believed extinct since 1906 was rediscovered in 2022 on a remote island.
p8n98 TIL Paro Airport in Bhutan is so dangerous that only eight pilots are qualified enough to land there. (Pilots maneuver between mountains, fly within feet of houses, and land on a narrow, 6,500-foot runway.)