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TIL numerous western tourists in Dubai were either charged, or were given prison sentences when they were raped

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a8Lrb TIL IBM holds the record for most annual US patents generated by a business for 29 consecutive years
M9O7 TIL that Sir Patrick Stewart thought he was circumcised for most of his life until his wife, and doctor, informed him that he wasn’t.
or58 TIL the risk of terrorism is statistically insignificant. You are far more likely to die slipping in the bathtub, getting struck by lightning, or drowning in the bathtub.
9DP6 TIL there are still 10 people in the world living in an iron lung, including a man in Dallas.
R7V57 TIL when Rockstar first released Grand Theft Auto, they actually paid reviewers to negatively review the game in order to keep it controversial, and therefore popular. They targeted right wing news papers to ensure moral outrage and drive the game to success.