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TIL Homosexual relations between females is legal in Kuwait, but homosexual acts between males are illegal.

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ADg04 TIL that The Movie "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" title was translated in Israel to "It's Raining Falafel".
XEdKr TIL United Airlines flight 232—which crashed in Iowa in 1989—was operating on "Children's Day," a promotion that allowed kids to fly for only 1-cent. Because of this, there were 52 children and 8 infants on board—many traveling by themselves. 11 children, including one 'lap' child, were killed.
pWJG TIL Hitler’s plan for a rebuilt Berlin included the “People’s Dome”, a hall so big that if it were occupied at capacity, “the condensed breath of the [180,000] people would have accumulated in the dome and caused a rainfall”
YBWG TIL the act of hesitating when introducing someone because you’ve forgotten their name is called “tartle” (Scottish)
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