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TIL gay and trans people were widely accepted in India, until European colonists made them illegal.

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R77a8 TIL the most dangerous job in the world is that of the South African farmer, with 156 deaths per 100,000
ZMwR TIL the term “piss poor” originally referred to families who literally had to sell their own urine to make money.
b6BNE TIL spiders will often eat their own webs in order to recoup some of the energy used in spinning them.
Aj8l TIL more people are executed for witchcraft in modern times than in previous centuries. In Tanzania alone 20,000 ‘witches’ have been brought to death in the past 20 years.
N7xE1 TIL that in 1953, the indiana textbook comission tried to ban 'Robin Hood' for promoting communist ideals.