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TIL that in Spain women cannot commit gender-based violence under the current legal definitions.

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YpKQP TIL that the Chevalier d'Éon (French diplomat and spy) lived 49 years as a male and 33 as a female.
4kaZw TIL that when Kissinger publicly threatened "countermeasures" in a press conference, during the Oil Crisis, if the OAPEC embargo was not lifted, the Saudis responded with threatening further oil cuts and to burn their oil fields if the US military invaded.
Rrbj TIL that Mythbusters double-dipped many chips, but found that the difference in germs compared to non-double-dipped chips was negligible.
loa0K TIL Flavor Flav, at least according to New York, would have sex with his clock necklaces on.
oQY TIL that the phrase “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothing at all”. Is now known as “Thumper’s rule” or “Thumper’s law” after the character in Bambi.