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TIL the punishment for cross dressing in Saudi Arabia is a mandatory life sentence.

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1aD7d TIL there is a restaurant in tiny Union CT that gives books away to every person that dines there.
9lKX TIL that the first gingerbread man was made for the court of Elizabeth I of England, and fashioned to look like distinguished guests.
nrdB TIL A budgie named Puck is listed in the Guinness World Book of Records as “The bird with the largest vocabulary in the world ” with a vocabulary of 1728 words. Also he wouldn’t just mimic, he would often create his own phrases and sentences.
9wkbG TIL that the current head of the CIA, William J. Burns, earned a degree in history from La Salle University in Manila, Philippines.
oBNpL TIL that every year, 25 million pounds of Mardi Gras beads are distributed in New Orleans, and the plastic beads contain toxic levels of lead, bromine, arsenic, phthalate plasticizers, halogens, cadmium, chromium, mercury and chlorine.