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TIL Women can fly airplanes in Saudi Arabia, but can’t drive cars.

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ADpKn TIL about Robert Pickton the Pig Farmer Killer who confessed to murdering 49 women 83-2002. There’s even speculation that he ground his victims up with pork and sold it to the public. He said he was disappointed that he didn’t get to 50 women and was caught because he was “sloppy”.
woAQW TIL that, in 1947, there was a proposal to create an independent united Bengali state instead of partitioning Bengal between India and Pakistan. It was not accepted, though it did have some support. (In 1971, east Bengal, also known as East Pakistan, acquired its independence as Bangladesh.)
XDLR TIL that the Spongebob Squarepants theme-song is a popular marching cadence in the Russian armed forces.
ANwmo today i learned that a coin flip isn't 50/50 but 51/49
AD8kB TIL The word "raccoon" was adopted into English from the native Powhatan term, as used in the Colony of Virginia. It was recorded on John Smith's list of Powhatan words as aroughcun, and on that of William Strachey as arathkone