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TIL that conversion therapy is still legal in Europe, but there is a petetion active to finally combat this ancient practise!

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W7jlB TIL Louis-Napoléon, the grand-nephew of Napoleon I moved to England after his father’s exile. He trained at the British Royal Military Academy and hoping to see action was sent to South Africa during the Anglo-Zulu War. Tragically, he was stabbed to death by Zulu warriors in 1879 at the age of 23.
Egxa0 TIL the Las Vegas Strip, or what people commonly picture as Las Vegas, resides in Paradise, NV – a town immediately south of Las Vegas, NV
gr8ZX TIL beavers are a keystone species, which means they play an important role in ecosystems by modifying the area in a way that is beneficial to plants and animals
R5mBl TIL Warner Bros. spent $30m developing the Tim Burton-directed Superman: Lives (with Nicolas Cage as the lead) before canceling it in 1998. Burton cited issues with Jon Peters "I basically wasted a year. A year is a long time to be working with somebody that you don't really want to be working with"
OGlWa TIL Mark Hamill once pitched to George Lucas that Boba Fett should be revealed as Luke Skywalker’s mother, envisioning her as a double-agent working secretly for the Rebels, and as the only way to top Vader being Luke’s father. Lucas obviously didn’t go for it.