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TIL wearing fezzes is illegal in Turkey.

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Q6W9 TIL a San Francisco man saved a threatened butterfly species by replanting rare flora in his backyard, transporting caterpillars to his local botanical garden, where they began to make a comeback
Lk0eV TIL In 1926 the famous pianist Fats Waller (then 21) was kidnapped by Al Capone's gang to play piano for his birthday. He basically went missing for 3 days and was returned unharmed but drunk.
Wk7Rd TIL the skeletal remains of the Auschwitz doctor who performed twin experiments, Josef Mengele, are used as educational aids for a forensics program at the University of São Paulo.
dVk8 TIL that in the United States you have a 41% chance of being diagnosed with cancer at some point during your lifetime.
9Y997 TIL that in the 1940s-60s, Melbourne's Sun Theatre cinema had a pram room, where babies in their prams were placed and given a number. If a baby started crying, its number was flashed on the screen to alert the parents