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TIL in 1976 Washington state repealed a sodomy law with the unintended consequence of decriminalizing bestiality. It became a criminal offense again 30 years later, after a man died from having sex with a horse.

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yQmoJ TIL It is believed the first Japanese citizen to set foot in America was Oguri Jukichi, captain of a freighter that was sailing off the Japanese coast in 1813 when a storm blew it deep into the Pacific Ocean. Two years later, they were rescued off the coast of California and returned to Japan.
8aX8Z TIL that multiple scientific studies have concluded that having a dog really does make you more attractive to others. Cats not so much.
G0YN TIL Donald Duck is so loved in Scandinavian countries that in Sweden they had to make him illegal to vote for in political elections. In 2005 in Norway ¼ of the total population read the Donald Duck Magazine, and “Donaldism” became a thing.
7rMxb TIL While Mother's Day is celebrated in over 40+ countries around the world, the date it is celebrated on varies wildly from the second Sunday of February for Norway to December 22nd in Indonesia. Happy Mother's Day for those that it is today!
EgJN0 TIL that nuts and bolts weren't always standardised, but once were all individual.