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TIL that a form of punishment towards homosexuality in Iraq involves using a strong glue to seal the anus, followed by the inducing of diarrhea, which results in torturous death.

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owNY TIL Barry Goldwater feared the religious-right taking over the GOP
AvOa TIL that “seaspeak” allows navigators around the world to communicate regardless of the mariner’s language.
kJA8m TIL that in 2019, Lachlan Murdoch bought the ‘Chartwell Estate’ for approximately 150 million dollars. The Los Angeles based home served as the exterior shots for the mansion used by the Clampetts on the 1960s tv series ‘The Beverly Hillbillies’.
9wZ07 TIL Grand Island and Navy Island, near Niagara Falls was a proposed location for the UN headquarters
M7QLm TIL the US didn’t have the $15m to pay France for Louisiana, so they financed it through a banks in London. Napoleon had made the deal with the US to fund his war against Great Britain and Europe. Britain allowed this deal to go through only because they didn’t want France to have their NA territory