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TIL Stephen Fry was under criminal investigation in 2017 for blasphemy, for his comments made on the show 'The Meaning of Life'

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P1lNV TIL there are “rabies free” countries.
rRWjx TIL that bananas are slightly radioactive due to certain caesium isotopes. Therefore you should never eat more than 600 bananas per second to minimze the risk of a harmful radiation dose.
Darj TIL of a new suspect in the ‘Zodiac killer’ case. He was an editor for a counterculture newspaper in San Francisco, his voice has been ID’d by a 911 operator, and his full name appears in one of the ciphers; among several other pieces of circumstantial evidence.
6lEw TIL Brain scans show compulsive gamers have hyperconnected neural networks. One researcher said: “Hyperconnectivity between these brain networks could lead to a more robust ability to direct attention toward targets, and to recognize novel information in the environment.”
ZJ8Q TIL In the late 90s, Saddam Hussein commissioned a Quran to be written in his own blood. Now, Muslim leaders aren’t sure what to do with it–To write the Quran in blood was a sin, but to destroy it would also be a sin.