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TIL that homosexual activity in Jamaica is illegal for men, but legal for women.

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1aR5X TIL that the "red eye" effect in flash photographs is caused by the flash bouncing off your retina. When you see "red eye", you are literally seeing the back of your eyeball through your dilated pupils.
GYJwE TIL in 2012 there was a massive solar flare, at least as powerful as the Carrington event in 1859. It could have devastated the electrical grid and even disabled the water supply, but missed Earth by a week. The chance of another hit was 12% in the next 10 years. "We need to be prepared."
V1WQ TIL in Super Mario 64 a Shepherd Tone (a noise composed of sine waves that gives the illusion of constantly ascending or descending in pitch) was used in the soundtrack for the ‘endless staircase’ “to provide an unsettling feeling”
GYO9G TIL attorney Richard Luthmann, a Game of Thrones fan, asked a court for a trial by combat with sword and shield, arguing it had never been outlawed in the U.S. and that historically, people with debt collection disputes would settle them by beating each other with a bat. The court was not persuaded.
vP6W8 TIL Mariah Carey was secretly in an alt-rock/“riot grrrl” band called Chick, inspired by Hole and Sleater-Kinney, that she would record at the end of the day while making her Daydream record. She’s the background vocals.