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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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eNbD TIL that, due to human interaction, Domestic Sheep have evolved to require humans to shear them. Their wool never sheds.
OoLxY TIL About Britain's "Anthrax Island," an island used for testing a single anthrax germ bomb by the UK in WW2. It was determined an anthrax bomb could render cities uninhabitable for generations. Quarantined for decades, the island was declared inhabitable again after a cleanup effort in 1986.
v1Gjr TIL Frog neck muscles are so weak that they use their eyes to push food down their throat. While it looks like they're blinking, they’re actually sucking their eyes down into their bodies to push food into their stomach.
b1ya TIL that in 2007, Quebec police sent provocateurs disguised as demonstrators to a protest at the North American leaders summit in Montebello Quebec to incite a riot and justify dispersing the otherwise legal and constitutionally protected peaceful assembly.
7rlRZ TIL Teri Horton, the woman who purchased a painting by Jackson Pollock worth $50 million in a thrift store for five dollars.