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TIL that Mehmed the Conqueror spared the lives of young men condemned to death if he found them attractive, and added them to his harem.

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ybl8 TIL that many believe that Freud ignored his patients being victims of sexual abuse, which would cause drastic misinterpretation of his findings.
bxVj TIL more states are recognizing that left lane drivers are a root cause of road rage and accidents on the highway and finally cracking down on this poor driving habit
9YBp TIL that there is a group of US millionaires who want to be taxed at a higher rate in order to benefit the US economy. Patriotic Millionaires For Fiscal Strength
1apAD TIL that municipalities in Liechtenstein have the constitutional right to secede by majority vote, so in the smallest municipality of Planken (population 432), it would take only ~150 people to agree to form an entirely new country
YpbPd TIL that South Korea opened the first recycled Hydrogen power plant in the world,