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TIL Jamaica is seen as “the most homophobic place on Earth”. Homosexual men face ten years imprisonment, and cases of beatings and murder directed at the LGBT population are extremely commonplace.

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oB6oW TIL that a totally blind British MP was convinced in 1923 to have all his teeth removed to restore his eyesight, only to die from blood poisoning
KOdva TIL New Zealand spent $17.4 millions searching for a new flag and they ended up using the old one.
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