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TIL Ethnic Malays in Malaysia are required to be Muslim by law.

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DQvke TIL the Mars candy family raised thoroughbred horses including one named Snickers, who died soon before Mars introduced the candy bar that would be named in his memory
Reg1 TIL that nearly a third of all the city Aldermen elected in Chicago between 1972 and 2012 have been convicted on corruption charges at one time or another.
R7x16 TIL researchers did an experiment in 1999 on rats to see how long they could live without sleep. They mostly lasted 2 weeks of this torture before succumbing.
4kbWw TIL French cyclist Jean Robic would cheat in the Tour De France downhill sections by having an assistant give him a lead or mercury filled water bottle for the descent. Because of this his nickname was "The Heavy Metal Descender".
DdmP TIL that the song “Brown Eyed Girl” was originally called “Brown Skinned Girl” and about an interracial relationship.