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

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y1Ev TIL that North Korea is sitting on 6-10 trillion dollars worth of minerals it can’t access due to lack of technology and equipment.
yVZ9v TIL Despite having the best overall record in MLB in 1981, the Cincinnati Reds did not qualify for the postseason. This was due to a midseason strike which split the season in half and teams that won their division in each half of the season advanced to the playoffs.
XEr56 TIL the FBI built a multi-million dollar eavesdropping tunnel under the Soviet Embassy in Washington, but never used it in the fear of getting caught, instead giving tours of it to high-security officials. It was only discovered by the Soviets when US double-agent Robert Hanssen informed them.
78nrp Today I learned that clay has memory. If warped or reshaped, it will return to previous shapes while being fired. I learned this the hard way.
mx05P TIL in 1518 a "dancing plague" broke out in Strasbourg. Dozens of people started dancing for no apparent reason, some to the point of exhaustion and death. Some historians have attributed the plague to the accidental consumption of a fungus that contains a compound structurally similar to LSD.