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TIL that there are still 74 countries where being gay is illegal and 13 countries where homosexuality is punishable by death

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QNyDE TIL that being upside-down for an extended period of time could kill you.
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X7bk TIL the Sir Isaac Newton quote “If I have seen further than others, it is only because I was standing on the shoulders of giants,” in its original context, was an insult to Robert Hooke, a short and mildly hunchbacked scientist who claimed Newton stole his work from.
MeaYb TIL there are two competing symbols of medicine in the US: the Rod of Asclepius (a staff with a single snake coiled around it) and the Caduceus (with two snakes and a pair of wings). The two are completely unrelated ancient symbols.
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