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TIL Homosexuality was legalized in South Australia after police drowned a gay man. A second victim was rescued by a passing serial killer, but refused to name the Police in court out of fear. The change of law led to mass panic and people fled the coast fearing God’s wrath would bring a tsunami.

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6ED1Z TIL In 1964, Sports Illustrated debuted its first Swimsuit Issue. Babette March's white bikini caused a sensation. Sports Illustrated readers wrote in to the magazine with date offers and marriage proposals to the model
0Llj TIL Mojang, the creators of Minecraft, created a game similar to No Man’s Sky: 0x10c. It included a fully working virtual computer, random encounters, an advanced economy system and multiplayer modes in a consistent universe. It was cancelled by Notch as he found “it not being very fun to play”.
Q6GM TIL, FBI agent John Patrick O'Neill warned of the looming threat of Al Qaeda and was convinced a major attack was in the works. Due to conflict of interests he was reassigned as head of security for the WTC and died on 9/11 less than a month on the job
DQEkJ TIL 1 in 8 adults in the US has taken Ozempic or another GLP-1 drug
ZWKv TIL the largest stadium in the world is in North Korea and has a capacity of 150,000. It was build purely to outdo South Korea’s Seoul Olympic stadium which has a 70,000 capacity