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TIL 68% of British Muslims support the arrest and prosecution of anyone who insults Islam.

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x6NEg TIL in 2009 Nine women were rescued from what they thought was a Big Brother reality show house but turned out to be a criminal organization.
MZAa TIL there are only 11 master cicerones (aka beer sommeliers) in the world and becoming one requires both winning a lottery & having an “encyclopedic knowledge and an in-depth understanding of all issues related to brewing, beer and beer service.”
w1MY TIL In Ontario, New Brunswick and Manitoba, it’s illegal for non-vaccinated children to attend public school services.
DGDe TIL in 2009 a Hungarian art historian, while watching the movie Stuart Little with his daughter, spotted a long-lost avant-garde painting in the background. The painting was bought by a set designer in a Pasadena antiques shop for “next to nothing”, and later sold for $285,700 at an auction.
8nAX TIL of the Ting Hai effect, a stock market phenomenon in which there is a sudden and unexplained drop in the stock market whenever a film or a television series starring Hong Kong actor Adam Cheng is released.