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TIL in literature there is a principle called Chekhov’s gun. This principle requires that every element in a text is necessary with no extra information at all.

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69V4X TIL that in Uruguay, up until 2017, if you caught your spouse in bed with someone else, it was within your rights to beat or kill either of them
R58Gj TIL Jaywalking laws vary dramatically from country to country. In most countries crossing outside of designated a crosswalk is illegal (atleast when one is available). In some countries like India and the UK it is only illegal if one obstructs traffic. The Netherlands has no concept of jaywalking.
9Vbp TIL Crows hold ‘funerals’ for fellow crows. Often neighboring crows who didn’t know the now deceased crow or even see it die will attend these 'funerals’
x6lYB TIL Betty White was nominated in the 1st Emmy category for female performers in 1950, 1 of the first women to have full creative control of her own TV show, while she was still living at home with her parents, the1st woman to host her own talk show and 1st woman to win an Emmy for game show hosting
nWjlr TIL that after his defeat by Caesar at the Battle of Thapsus, Cato the Younger read Plato’s Phaedo and stabbed himself in the stomach, he was found alive and stitched up but when he awoke he ripped his stitches and disemboweled himself