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TIL that approx. half a second of the first prime time, lesbian kiss on British TV was included in the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony, and broadcast to 76 countries where homosexuality is a crime

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oRpEo TIL: there is a Japanese word (Tsundoku) which means buying books and never reading them.
Wk4VL TIL In 1990, Nayirah al-Ṣabaḥ, daughter of the Kuwaiti ambassador to the US, gave a false testimony which galvanized support for the first Persian Gulf War
Jkpl TIL reading simplified scientific papers makes people overestimate their comprehension and underestimate the importance of experts in that field
Y7WG TIL That there is a National Vodka Day in America, & it’s TODAY!
yVl7p TIL about the flesh-rotting “zombie” drug xylazine, a powerful tranquilliser normally used by veterinarians on large animals which recently made its way onto the global illicit drug market.