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TIL there’s a university in Antarctica!

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eJxb TIL it is legal to drive cars while being barefoot in all 50 states.
16w0r TIL Actress Ida Lupino was one of the first female directors with real industry power. Aside from Rod Serling himself, she’s the only person to both direct and star in episodes of The Twilight Zone. "The Sixteen Millimeter Shrine" and "The Masks" are both critically regarded as among the show's best
K4MG TIL Islamic history has largely been indifferent of homosexuality. In 1858, homosexuality was legalised in the Ottoman Empire, who ruled much of the Sunni world. Modern rejection and criminalization of “homosexuality in Islam gained momentum through the effects of European colonialism.
kJYB5 TIL Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas share the same birthday, 25 years apart, and they are married to each other
d8Qwr TIL that Bhutan only permitted television and the Internet in 1999, with the King saying that television was a critical step to the modernization of Bhutan, but warning that the "misuse" of this new technology could erode traditional Bhutanese values