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TIL that violent punishments in islam is basically a warning. Due to the long checklist to be guilty.

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VxGQ TIL that in 1943 the United States Supreme Court ruled in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette that government officials cannot force anyone to participate in patriotic rituals.
7r08Z TIL if a child's fingertip gets severed off, a new fingertip may regrow.
1awYd TIL in 1909 a peddler was arrested for causing a crowd to collect. As the peddler was selling catnip, the crowd was a crowd of cats that were following him.
dO8r TIL that according to legend, a female pope named Pope Joan reigned for a few years during the middle ages, disguised as a man. After she was caught, potential popes has to sit on a chair with a hole on the seat, and a cardinal would reach through it to check to make sure the new pope had testicles.
e0xk6 TIL a Twitch troll donated $50K from his parents CCs and planned to charge it back once the streamers had spent it. Paypal then declined to issue charge backs.