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TIL that, as a man, you can be arrested in Iran for wearing shorts.

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LQ0dd TIL There is no significant evidence to support drinking 8 glasses of water a day
WkxoL TIL John Colter (member of Lewis and Clark expedition) Was captured and forced to sprint for his life by a group of Blackfeet Indians for 6 miles before killing 1 Indian, hiding in a beaver dam, and walking to a fort for 11 days (all while naked.)
Elax TIL the CIA spent millions of dollars installing spy equipment inside the body of a cat only to have it run over by a car on its first test mission.
NZZQ TIL during the Iraq-Iran War, the United States shot down an Iranian civilian plane, killing 260 people. The US claimed it was outside civilian airspace and didn’t respond to radio calls. Both claims have been found untrue, but the US has yet to apologize.
neOg7 TIL that the expedition that in 1988 found the wreck of the SS Central America and recovered large amounts of gold from it were promptly sued by 39 insurance companies that had paid for damages after its sinking 1857