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TIL Pakistan is intolerant of gays, but has the highest search rates of gay porn on the Internet

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0wGBy TIL that Lucius Cincinnatus, a Roman statesman and military leader was given absolute power to rule the empire when it was attacked. After his victory, he immediately resigned his post as Dictator and went back to farming. The city of Cincinnati is named in his honor.
Oobk4 TIL dinosaur farts and burps were a key factor in the earth overheating 150 million years ago. Sauropods would release 520 million metric tonnes of gas yearly.
Oo0yY TIL In 2011 Texas abolished all special last meal requests after condemned prisoner Lawrence Russell Brewer requested a huge last meal and did not eat any of it, saying he was not hungry
m6XO TIL There is a plan to stop the flow of Niagara Falls in order to repair some old eroded bridges, this would be the third time in recent memory the falls have stopped
1aDQ4 TIL Polygamy was legal in Bavaria, Germany after the 30-years-war. The war killed so many people - the population dropped from 16 million to 4 million - that in 1650 a law in Bavaria allowed men to marry up to 10 wives.