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TIL The Singapore passport is the strongest passport in the world in terms of travel freedom followed by Japan and UK. Singapore citizens have visa-free or visa on arrival access to 180 countries and territories including the world's three largest economies - China, USA and the EU except India.

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VBn70 TIL Shi Pei Pu was a Chinese opera singer from Beijing. He became a spy who obtained secrets from Bernard Boursicot, an employee in the French embassy, during a 20-year-long sexual affair in which the performer convinced the man that he was a woman.
rdQM TIL when suicide is taken into account, more men die as a result of domestic abuse than women.
4XABw TIL that in 2015, mist sprinklers, which cool the air, were placed near the entrance to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Many visitors to the museum were upset, saying the shower-like misters evoked memories of Nazi-era gas chambers. Nazi gas chambers were often disguised as showers.
wLvjW TIL of Gaius Marius, who eliminated the requirement for Roman soldiers to be landowners. Thereafter, Rome's legions largely consisted of poor citizens who became extremely loyal to their commanders. Ultimately, this was highly significant for Caesar and Rome's transformation from Republic to Empire.
J159j TIL that in Papua New Guinea, the 1971 Sorcery Act allowed for accusations of sorcery to act as a defence for murder until the act was repealed in 2013. An estimated 50–150 alleged witches are killed each year in Papua New Guinea.