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TIL Iran punishes acid-attackers by blinding them with acid.
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TIL that ITT Tech was known for widespread grade inflation in order for students to receive more federal financial aid. In one instance, a student got a 100% on a computer forensics assignment by emailing the professor a noodle recipe.
EL0
TIL that the “state meal” of Oklahoma is fried okra, squash, cornbread, barbecue pork, biscuits, sausage and gravy, grits, corn, strawberries, chicken fried steak, pecan pie, and black-eyed peas.
VMM0D
TIL that plants 'listen' to find sources of water
ekPE
TIL that Saudi Arabian textbooks, which are used by Muslim schools around the world, teach students that homosexuals should be executed, that Jews are “Apes”, and that Christians are “Swine”–and these are the versions that have already been toned down and scrubbed for hate-inciting speech.
loMv7
TIL, although it sounds incredible that people have survived falls from aircraft as high as 20 000 feet, the extreme height makes little difference as anything above 10 or 12 stories and you've reached terminal velocity. So a fall from 20,000 is no different from a 500 foot fall."