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TIL, The last reported execution for sorcery in Saudi Arabia took place…..in June 2012

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6Jw TIL that all states except California do not allow kids to apply or bring sunscreens to school without a doctor’s note, because the creams are considered an over the counter drug.
woLk1 TIL Drivers were banned from drinking alcohol during the Indianapolis 500 in 1914. This came a year after Jules Goux drank 3 bottles of champagne during the 1913 race.
EGrP TIL that 94% of people who live in Minneapolis are within a 10 minute walk to a park.
17Nr TIL some of Coca-Cola’s flavouring still comes from the same plant as cocaine and that Coca-Cola is the only company with government permission to import it into the US
BrkbL TIL The band KISS had to change their logo in Germany because the letters SS too closely resembled the "s-bolts" logo of the Nazi Party's paramilitary Schutzstaffel forces. It is illegal to domestically distribute or publicly use symbols from the Nazi party in Germany.