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TIL that claiming you panicked because of an unwanted homosexual advance is a legitimate defense against a murder charge in Australia

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AxJa TIL that on his deathbed, Voltaire was asked by a priest to renounce the Devil. Voltaire responded: “Now now, my good man. This is no time for making enemies.”
xVxL5 TIL NBC executives hated the script for the Seinfeld episode, 'The Chinese Restaurant', and only agreed to allow it to be filmed after co-creator Larry David threatened to quit. It is now considered a ground-breaking episode of TV, and the best example of Seinfeld's 'show about nothing' premise
9wYMm TIL East Timor (also known as Timor-Leste) is the only country in Asia that is located entirely in the Southern Hemisphere.
aVnb TIL Gene Wilder’s only demand when cast as Willy Wonka was that he enter the courtyard hobbling, lose his cane and do a somersault, so that “from that time on, no one will know if I’m lying or telling the truth.”
OoZw7 TIL BBC journalists requested an interview with Facebook because they weren't removing child abuse photos. Facebook asked to be sent the photos as proof. When journalists sent the photos, Facebook reported the them to the police because distributing child abuse imagery is illegal.