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Til a boy in Pakistan cut his own hand when an imam asked 'Who among the crowd had stopped praying?'He misheard the question and raised his hand by mistake, But the crowd accused him of Blasphemy. So he went to his house, cut off his hand, put it on a plate, and gave it to the cleric.

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vj1x TIL there is an ancient old growth forest bordering Poland called Białowieża Forest. It resembles what most of Europe looked like before the 14th century. This story of conservation has been well documented over the last 500 years and is almost as rich as the ecosystem the forest supports.
16oAO TIL there is a legend that Gibraltar will remain British as long as the local macaque monkey population exists. During WWII the population dwindled to only 7, and Churchill ordered their numbers to be replenished because of this belief
loj77 TIL of George Weah from Liberia. For 18 years, he was a renowned soccer player, being currently the only soccer player from Africa to win the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA Player of the Year. In 2018, he was elected as the 25th President of Liberia, making him Liberia's head of state and government.
WkdxA TIL that many sweets are (intentionally) covered in insect feces.
5VAXn TIL That Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln, was present at or close by to three presidential assassinations. Later in life he would decline a presidential invitation stating that "...there is a certain fatality about presidential functions when I am present."