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TIL that eating any portion of the human brain can cause Prion disease, which is incurable and comes with a high mortality rate.

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N7veM TIL Singapore pretty much locked away a man for 32 years, from 1966 to 1998, for "conducting communist activities". This included a 9-year stint on a resort island where he lived in a guardhouse.
PYyAG TIL: Tesla requires buyers to purchase cars online to circumvent state laws that require car sales to be done through franchise dealerships. "Tesla Stores" exist only to educate potential customers and to deliver vehicles purchased online.
d9Rr TIL the Kaaba was built in 2130 BC and was a site of pilgrimage for 2,700 years before the rise of Islam, including for Arabic Christians and Pagans
6ED4Z TIL each day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus (243 earth days vs 225)
E1gMP TIL The 1996 film "Crash" (about people who sexually fetishize car crashes) was proposed for a ban in the UK. A lawyer, a psychologist, and 11 disabled people watched the film, and found no basis for a ban. The disabled people in particular saw no offense in its portrayal of disability.