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TIL that, In 2018 a federal court judge from Michigan struck down ban on Islamic Female Genital mutilation in USA and dropped charges on accused who mutilated at least nine underage girls. Claiming "Congress did not have the right to criminalize the practice of Female Genital Mutilation"

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DQ0Bp TIL That the deadliest blizzard in history occurred in Iran in 1972. In some places over 25 feet of snow fell.
KBeG TIL that not only is Adultery illegal in the US Military, but it is punishable by Dishonorable Discharge, loss of pay, and confinement up to a year.
v1G8 TIL prior to completion of a national paved roads system, it took future President Eisenhower’s truck convoy four months to cross the United States… leading him to propose and support the Interstate system 30 years later.
nemOY TIL before his death, author Robert Louis Stevenson gifted his friends daughter his own birthday. The daughter had been born on Christmas, and complained she felt like she had no real birthday
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