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

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MekAK TIL a 32ft 18th century Long Boat was found underneath the World Trade Center during new construction in July 2010
epgLJ TIL Crispin Glover, who played George McFly in Back to the Future, was replaced with actor Jeffrey Weissman in the sequel. They used shots of Glover from Back to the Future to make it more convincing. Glover was unhappy at this and sued, which resulted in the adoption of stricter rules by the SAG.
x6Kmb TIL the Parthenon was for the longest time a Christian church dedicated to the Virgin Mary, not a temple.
A56w TIL Pointing a laser at an airplane in the U.S. can get you up to 20 years in prison, and a quarter of a million dollars fine.
yQnYJ TIL: Canada has a desert - Columbia Plateau