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TIL in Lebanon the President must be a Christian, the Prime Minister a Sunni, and the Speaker of Parliament a Shi'a

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Erdp TIL the original Illuminati’s goals were “oppose superstition, prejudice, religious influence over public life and abuses of state power, and to support women’s education and gender equality” in otherwords a pretty awesome group of people.
x68B0 TIL that there is a variety of flower known as cockscomb that folds in on itself, looking similar to a brain. This "folding" is known as cresting, and is due to the variety having 36 chromosomes instead of the normal 72 chromosomes of its species.
YwXA TIL two women tried to smuggle their dead relative’s body onto a flight by putting him in a wheelchair and putting sunglasses on him. It was only when airport staff tried to check him in and he wouldn’t respond that suspicions were raised
b9GYj TIL ginkgo biloba is the only member of its genus, which is the only genus in its family, which is the only family in its order, which is the only order in its subclass.
bVk7 TIL Microsoft sued a high school student named Mike Rowe after he registered the domain MikeRoweSoft.com. He eventually gave up the domain for an Xbox (among other things). He later sold legal documents from the case on eBay for $1,037 as “a piece of Internet history.”