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TIL that there are six Islamic countries where a judge can sentence you to be stoned to death.

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rRP5M TIL that in 1900, during the Scofield mine explosion, a guy named John Wilson was thrown at least 820 feet into the air. He survived
5YXrp TIL of Normal Borlaug, the man who saved a billion lives. In the 1970's, he developed a new strain of wheat that was heavily disease resistant and could grow in very arid conditions. Between 1965 and 1970, Pakistan, Mexico, and India more than doubled their food supplies.
jNMwE TIL flipping someone off dates back to before recorded history. The first written record of it's use was in a Greek play call "The Clouds", where a student gives Socrates the finger in response to a question about basic poem structure.
nMxP TIL Dropping molten glass into cold water produces a tadpole-like shape whose head can withstand hammer blows, but which explodes violently if it’s tail is damaged
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