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TIL New York City bans unaccompanied adults from public parks with playgrounds.

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NX7kE TIL After playing the role of Dr. Rajesh Koothrappali in the well-loved sitcom “The Big Bang Theory” for 12 years, actor Kunal Nayyar has received an honorary doctorate degree in humane letters at the University of Portland.
6L0Q TIL: In Russia, if you are a citizen you can declare your own ethnicity real or not. Some people declare them selves Jedis or Hobbits
1OYd TIL that according to the Quran, Islamic law actually forbids acts of terrorism.
awDgM TIL when you flush the toilet a plume of fecal matter covers the air and everything around including the walls, shower, toothbrush, towels and the best way to prevent the toilet plume is to close the lid every flush
GAKwN TIL In Scotland in 1637, Jenny Geddes threw a chair at a minister who was reading from the Book of Common Prayer. This sparked a riot that ultimately caused the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, including the English Civil War.