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

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69MeW TIL the Royal Navy "sunk" three whales during the Falklands War of 1982
OLjg TIL that the book title 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is referring to the distance traveled and not the depth. 20,000 leagues depth would put Captain Nemo through the Earth and 15% of the distance to the moon.
lo9G7 TIL Writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala is the only person to have won both a Booker Prize and an Oscar. Readers initially assumed Jhabvala to be Indian because of her portrayals of the nuances of Indian lifestyles. Later, the revelation of her true identity led to falling sales of her books in India
gr6P4 TIL that Germany's Exhibitionism law exclusively targets men, essentially violating Germany's own constitutional law for equality.
rRQ0w TIL Dr. Alban, the musician famous for "It's My Life", is an actual doctor of medicine - namely, a dentist.