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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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dk6E TIL the Cheyenne chief Black Kettle, a major advocate for peace and coexistence between white settlers and Native Americans, was twice attacked by American troops despite explicit agreements of non-hostility, resulting in the death and mutilation of he and at least two hundred Cheyenne villagers
6E4NZ TIL Colorado teen Erik Jensen received more time in prison for failing to intervene in a murder than the actual murderer did
8eKBX TIL Since 1961, Parks Canada and the Canadian Armed Forces have partnered to run the world's largest mobile artillery avalanche control program in Glacier National Park
b6RBp TIL of Jean Moulin, who lost his life uniting anti-Nazi resistance, setting the stage for the Fourth Republic
new1P TIL that the shift (maj) key's name originated from the typewriter, where one had to press and hold the button to shift up the case stamp to change to capital letters.