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TIL in 1933 Stalin criminalized male homosexuality but left lesbianism untouched

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BM8k TIL: FIFTEEN YEARS AGO: Before Da Vinci Code.. Before Angels & Demons.. Dan Brown warned us of the NSA in 1998
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R7v5j TIL that meteorologists rely in part on data from commercial planes to accurately forecast weather. Under European regulations, all large aircraft must carry Mode-S EHS an enhanced surveillance navigation apparatus. Data collected by this apparatus is used to extrapolate wind speed and temperature.
BrZBd TIL of a serious plan to disassemble the Giza pyramids to use it as pre-cut building material in 1830s, proposed by ruler Muhammad Ali Pasha, but cleverly the plan was canceled due to false cost reports presented by his French chief engineer, who thought it would be the only way to save the pyramids
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