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TIL that the Islamic men of the Tuareg tribe in North Africa are required to wear a veil and cover their faces, instead of the women.

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X0JR6 TIL Payload specialists are not part of the regular NASA astronaut corps, relatively unknown to the public, and often flying only single missions
YpD4G TIL the album “Blurryface” by Twenty One Pilots was the first to have every song certified as at least gold
XVeE TIL that when celebrity chef Jamie Oliver slaughtered a live lamb on television, he was praised by PETA for broadcasting it uncensored, as it “could turn the more diehard carnivore into a vegetarian”.
e0mkn TIL that the world’s most venomous animal: a jellyfish, kills by microscopically punching through red-blood cells, releasing potassium and thus, a natural “lethal injection” occurs. Death can occur in as few as two minutes.
v1a6x TIL the Teen Talk Barbie's quip "math class is tough" generated controversy among educators who feared it contributed to negative gender stereotypes. It also inspired The Simpsons episode "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy."