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wLYQJ TIL: Bermuda is the first country in the world to have re-criminalised same sex marriage. The bill repealing same sex marriage was passed in December 2017, and the bill comes into effect on June 1st 2018.
0DW5 TIL that Wayne Gretzky lost 2 of his 62 records since retiring. He also gained back his record for highest average points per game from Mario Lemieux. Lemieux, who came out of retirement from 2000-2005, lowered his average thus giving the record BACK to Gretzky.
l8JN TIL most popular novels are written at the 7th-grade level
7rXyO TIL Frederick the Great, Prussian Monarch from 1740 to 1786, known for his tactical genius on the battlefield, is considered by historians to be primarily homosexual in orientation. Following a demoralizing defeat, he wrote "Fortune has it in for me; she is a woman, and I am not that way inclined."
D11AD TIL that Porphyria, a collection of diseases where symptoms include severe sun sensitivity, prominent canine teeth and peculiar behaviour, is thought to be the basis of the vampire legend