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TiL that most sects of Islam either discourage or outright forbid creating art of living beings.

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9YxOD TIL that in 193 AD, Rome's elite Praetorian Guard murdered the sitting Emperor and then auctioned off the role to the highest bidder.
xVDg1 TIL that, since ascending the throne, Queen Elizabeth does not accept any honorary degrees, as this would technically place her under the jurisdiction of the chancellor of whichever university had bestowed the degree, a position deemed unsuitable for a reigning monarch.
mvnE TIL despite being outnumbered by japanese natives by 4551%, per capita Africans are responsible for 3.5 times as much crime as Japanese natives in Japan
QN4ya TIL it is possible for a dead body to get an erection. This phenomenon, known as "angel lust" occurs due to the relaxation of the muscles that control blood flow to the penis after death, which can result in blood pooling in the genital area and causing an erection.
loNY5 TIL a U.S. Army veteran used his military sharp-shooting skills to rescue a bald eagle which had been hanging upside down in a tree for days with its leg tangled in a rope, 70 ft from the ground; Jason Galvin fired 150 shots from a .22 rifle with scope at the rope until it released the eagle.