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Til that the first president of Turkmenistan banned beards and dogs from the capital, and ordered the closure of all hospitals and libraries outside the capital, stating that the sick should go to the capital for treatment, and that Turkmens did not read anyway

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m1m9P TIL that most scissors are suited for righties and tend to fold up paper rather than cut it when used by lefties.
OoZe4 TIL the backstory of the woman behind the "woman yelling at cat" meme- Taylor Armstrong was on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and was upset with a costar for revealing on camera that Armstrong was being abused by her then husband
BgVLy TIL the hacker group anonymous tried to hack a mexican cartel and had to back down after the cartel hired counter hackers to hunt them down
ADopn TIL about the Copper Scroll, an ancient treasure map. Found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, it relates 64 positions where gold and silver have been hidden. Though searches are ongoing, as of yet, no treasure has been found.
oRMZr TIL of Sumanto, a cannibal who dug up corpses of recently dead people then ate them as part of a black magic ritual to make himself "invulnerable".