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TIL Saudi Arabia is to build a new city exclusively for women

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Yvxd TIL Viggo Mortensen purchased the horse Aragorn rides in Lord of the Rings after production.
NXYE1 TIL: That in 2014, a doctor in Wales was handed a suspended sentence for faking Viagra prescriptions because he said he was too embarrassed to see his GP. Staff became suspicious because the doctor worked in a trauma and orthopaedic unit, where patients would not normally need drugs for impotence.
4XAJJ TIL federal prisoners in Brazil can reduce their sentence by 4 days per book they read and write an essay on. They can read up to 12 works of literature, philosophy, science or classics to trim a maximum 48 days off their sentence each year.
e6yb TIL that Leonardo da Vinci often purchased caged birds so that he could set them free immediately.
gr9bb TIL That the movie The Breakfast Club was named after a nickname for morning detention at the high school the movie was filmed at