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TIL that 6 nations in the EU have banned the wearing of the traditional Islamic burka (similar to hijab) mostly on grounds that it is a cultural clash.

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yQRnM TIL David A Cox and Steven Zucker published an algorithm called the "Cox-Zucker machine". They collaborated deliberately because of their name combination, with Cox saying thay they decided to write a paper together just weeks after they met.
a14Z TIL Don Lapre, the man that became famous with his 1990s infomercials about placing tiny classified ads in newspapers and getting rich, was charged in 2011 with 41 counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering and committed suicide in custody.
4P05 TIL Steven Spielberg completed his degree course, 33 years after dropping out, by submitting Schindler’s List as his final project.
kRA1 TIL that before Joseph Stalin ruled Russia he performed bank robberies to fund the communist cause
LkwVZ TIL That the domesticated hamsters we now call pets are all descended from one “Adam and Eve” like pair captured in Aleppo, Syria in 1930.