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TIL that a Family Guy episode that aired over 6 years ago included references to a transgender Bruce Jenner and a Bill Cosby sex tape

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MeOeA TIL for centuries, India practiced sati, where widows were obliged to commit suicide upon their husband’s death, often by self-immolation on their funeral pyre. The British banned it in the 19th century
QNMX9 TIL that a politician from the United Kingdom, John Bell, believed that he was a bird, stating that he could fly much better than a bird, because he kept his shoulders oiled. Despite his state of mind, he remained a Member of Parliament until his death in 1851.
R1j6 TIL the Taliban offered to extradite Osama bin Laden if the US presented evidence of his involvement in 9/11. However, the US refused.
a8MwL TIL there's no medically safe amount of alcohol to drink
R5x98 TIL, in 1976 alone, the Indian government sterilized 6.2 million men