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TIL that up until 1927, it was still legal to hunt the Kalahari bush people for sport in Southern Africa. But you needed a permit.

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7ZMb TIL There exists a, “Devil’s Interval,” a series of notes so dissonant and alluring, musicians would be put to death by the clergy during the middle ages for playing them.
W7yaB TIL that the dress codes are symbolic indications of different social ideas. The history started from the 7th through the 9th centuries, the European royalty and nobility used a dress code to differentiate themselves from other people through ornamented garments, especially the collar.
9YeVD TIL that driving 45MPH on a stretch of rumble strips in New Mexico will play 'America the Beautiful'
Ly0m TIL All 50 states have laws that allow new mothers to give up their babies no questions asked up to 30 days after the birth.
eMdk TIL Alexander Graham Bell committed a social faux pas when he unintentionally touched Queen Victoria’s hand when he demonstrated the telephone for her. Others in the audience gasped in horror but the Queen only noted how impressed she was with the telephone