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TIL that in California and 3 other US states, “Ladies’ Night” are against the law because they are gender discrimination

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LY9r TIL that in 1567, the man said to have the longest beard in the world died after he tripped over his own beard while running away from a fire.
RN0l TIL American Association of Physical Anthropologists: Human beings are so biologically similar that if we were dogs we’d all be of the same breed.
BrwPL TIL on 1838, in order to pay off debts of Georgetown College, the Maryland Jesuits sold 272 slaves from their plantations. The buyers were Louisiana sugarcane planters.
oR5OR TIL of the Circumhorizon Arc, aka fire rainbow. This horizontal "rainbow" of colour occurs when the sun or moon is over 50 degrees above the horizon and an arc of light passes thru a very specific kind of cloud (Cirrus clouds made up of ice crystals parallel to the ground), at just the right angle.
dDvnd TIL: The Roman punishment of Relegatio is the mildest form of exile. You are banished from Rome, but get to keep your citizenship, property, land, etc. One senator chose the famous island of Lesbos. It is a light punishment meant for adulterers, pimps, abusers, and manslaughter.