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TIL That up to 80% of women in Pakistani prisons are there because they were charged with adultery for being raped

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R75wl TIL The Molotov cocktail was named in reference to Soviet minister Vyacheslav Molotov, who claimed on state radio that the bombing of Finland was a humanitarian mission to provide food aid to starving Finns. The Finns jokingly dubbed the incendiary device as a drink to go with the food.
VO7B TIL that oxford dictionary inserted a fictitious word “Esquivalience” in order to protect copyright of the publication. The fake entry was included in dictionary.com.
pa9Q TIL that a Soviet underground nuclear test triggered an earthquake that measured 6.97 on the Richter scale and created a 2 km lake with the ensuing 80 million ton avalanche!
AmB7 TIL that Star Wars: The Force Awakens was co-written by Lawrence Kasdan, the same man who wrote The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, and Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
OoMJL TIL Pokémon is the highest-grossing media franchise in the world with $59 Billion in revenue, $16 Billion more than Star Wars