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VlBZ TIL Queen became the first rock act to receive an official seal of approval in Iran partly due to the appeal to “Bismillah” in Bohemian Rhapsody, which is the name of God in Arabic.
oBedK TIL: A Ugandan man, JOrdan Kinyera, saw his father lose their land in a legal fight at age 6. He spent 18 years in school and became a lawyer and won back the land 23 years later.
jNr9v TIL That Tetris is the best selling video game of ALL TIME.
xkZo TIL: South African prison gangs use HIV infection as punishment, ordering gang members carrying the AIDS virus to rape disobedient inmates in a ritual known as “slow puncture”.
gM5WW TIL former NBA great Michael Jordan has been trying to sell his 56,000-square-foot Chicago mansion for over seven years with no luck. He's still paying more than $100,000 in annual property taxes despite not living in the house for years.