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TIL wearing fezzes is illegal in Turkey.

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kOxYe TIL doctors' illegible handwriting kills more than 7,000 people a year.
x6rOg TIL that when Stalin was dying, his doctor was unavailable because he was being tortured by the secret police. Paralyzed and unable to speak, Stalin lay untreated for 12 h while his terrified subordinates debated calling a doctor, fearing he might recover and punish them for acting without orders.
Br4vL TIL that US rapper Jay-Z stabbed record producer Lance Riviera in a Berlin nightclub in 1999 and was sentenced to 3 years' probation for second-degree felony assault.
7LPL TIL: A personal trainer wanted to prove to the doubters that it’s possible to get back in shape even if you become really overweight, so he gained 70 lbs (32 kg) of fat over a 6 month period. In 29 weeks he was back in shape.
pQLA TIL The Air Force had a little known unit with the motto “You’ve gotta be shitting me”, which was what some of the crews said when they were told their mission. It was a unit dedicated to hunting down anti aircraft missile launchers…using aircraft.