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TIL Saudi Arabia beheads nearly two people per week

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OoXAY TIL In 1184 a disaster appeared in Erfurt, Germany which lead to 60 nobles drowning in liquid excrement.
jNaWj TIL that in 2012, a survey in eastern Germany (regions formerly part of East Germany/GDR) was unable to find a single person under the age of 28 who believed in God
4XMR6 TIL that when William III invaded England in 1688, he departed the Netherlands on November 11 and landed in England 4 days later on November 5. At the time England used a calendar that was 11 days behind most of Europe.
MM8 TIL that by 2075 the ozone layer is expected to have fully recovered.
D1vDP TIL of Benny Podda, a bodybuilder who once hanged himself with a noose from the rafters, only to open his eyes after 5 minutes of hanging to flip off the audience