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TIL that Iran has banned the mullet haircut to “confront the cultural assault by the West”.

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NXXoJ TIL the Greek myth of Perseus & Andromeda takes place in Ethiopia. In the story, Andromeda is the daughter of the king of Aethiopia (modern day Ethiopia). Andromeda is chained to a rock as a sacrifice to a sea monster, but is saved from death by Perseus, who marries her and takes her to Greece.
OoJe7 TIL of Cody Slaughter, who was so honest during his job interview with the Border Patrol, that he admitted to molesting a toddler, and having sex with various types of animals, offences the police were previously unaware of.
N7gPe TIL the drug quaalude was named after a combination of the phrase “quiet interlude”
lBPV TIL John Wilkes Booth attended Lincoln’s second inaugural, and can be seen in a photograph standing behind Lincoln.
wLPQ7 TIL about Piaget’s theory of development. He believed infants in the early stages of development lack object permanence (the understanding that people and things still exist even when you can’t see them). Which would explain why peekaboo is so intriguing for them!