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TIL I learned of Emperor Glycerius, who was a western roman emperor who became bishop of Salona in what is now Croatia after he was deposed of his Imperial office.

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jyXv TIL Pakistan has a blasphemy law that doesn’t require corroborating evidence, just the word of one accuser, and has a mandatory death sentence.
a8jNZ TIL where this sound is from.
OoBPX TIL James Cameron had a nightmare about an invincible robot hitman sent from the future to kill him, giving him the idea for The Terminator.
KOyvw TIL penguins need their feet to be bare despite walking on ice. Their bodies are so well insulated that they need the freezing cold to help regulate their body temperature and keep it from overheating.
E15nV TIL Portuguese, not Spanish, is the predominately spoken language on the continent of South America. (by a small margin)