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TIL Canada has banned members of the Westboro Baptist Church from entering their country due to hate speech.

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Zp5rD TIL that the roman emperor Honorius banned trousers in rome.
R0B7 TIL TIME Magazine prepares covers for different world markets, and U.S. covers are often much lest substantive (& often trite) when compared with those around the world
8bgL TIL there is a species of ants called the Mycocepurus Smithii that reproduce by cloning. No male of this species has ever been found.
O6w7 TIL medical doctor Donald Unger cracked the knuckles of his left hand every day for more than sixty years, but he did not crack the knuckles of his right hand. No arthritis or other ailments formed in either hand, earning him the 2009 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine
5Y6j9 TIL There are no reports throughout history of any one finding buried treasure, pirate or not. "In reality, pirates burying treasure was rare. Buried treasure is a literary trope commonly associated with depictions of pirates, criminals, and Old West outlaws. "