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

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LQjK9 TIL that in the 1920s, you could order glass burial caskets from a catalog, for adults or children.
aZQN TIL I learned that holding in farts can be dangerous and lead to diverticulitis
VLvZ TIL that in 1961 the U.S. Military accidentally dropped two live nuclear bombs on North Carolina.
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