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

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VMOjQ TIL With huge financial incentives from the United States, Egypt's Mubarak remained committed to the Camp David treaty, despite misgivings about dealing with Israel. To keep the peace at home, Mubarak instituted emergency laws to protect Egypt's stability and security
Y7BQG TIL: North American Water and Power Alliance. A 1950s plan to get water from Alaska and Canada to the US South West using canals, reservoirs and nuclear power pumping stations. Estimated cost of $100B in 1975 ($500B today's dollars).
4kmd5 TIL a chicken once lived for 18 months without a head
R7PL1 TIL that the slang 'buck' for currency originated from the fact that deer skins were traded for goods in colonial America before the dollar existed and was the 'currency' of the period.
wLov8 TIL the first planet we landed probes on besides earth was not Mars but Venus