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TIL the Saudi Royal Family throws lavish sex parties involving alcohol and drugs, despite enforcing strict Sharia Law within their country.

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N7Vr6 TIL that Diphenhydramine, sold under brand names Benadryl, Nytol, ZZZQuil, Unisom, and others can cause extremely realistic hallucinations and confusion at high doses. Most users report hallucinations of spiders, conversations with people that aren't there, and a lingering impending sense of doom.
Pw4O TIL that a young stripper named Shelly Bauman lost her leg in a freak confetti cannon accident. She sued and used the money from the settlement to open Seattle’s first gay bar, which she named “Shelly’s Leg.”
X1N6 TIL: Not all snow flakes are symmetrical: “Despite what Wilson Bentley’s old photographs would have us believe, most snowflakes are not symmetrical. Wilson Bentley only photographed the pretty ones. In fact, 99% of snow flakes are downright ugly
XEmED TIL Italian courts ruled that restaurants have to tell customers if they serve frozen food or it’s considered fraud.
W7yPd TIL, that in 2014 the U.S. for-profit company Pearson took control of the high school GED afterwards, there was a 90 percent drop-off in pass rates.