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

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GAJp1 TIL Millie and Christine McKoy Were Conjoined Twins Born Into Slavery
kO1nW TIL that William Lee invented a knitting machine in 1589, however Queen Elizabeth I denied him a patent because of her fear that the invention would cause her poor subjects to lose their jobs and become beggars.
rRKge TIL before the landing of Apollo 14, its landing radar failed to function. Astronauts fixed the problem by turning it off and on again.
rNypW TIL that Popcorn was present in South America as early as 4700 BC in the region that is now part of modern Peru.
7k5Z TIL the Aston Martin factory only uses one robot; it applies adhesives to bond aluminium body panels together and is nicknamed “James Bonder”