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TIL there is an epsiode of Family Guy that Fox has not allowed to air in the United States becuase it centers around Lois’s decision to have an abortion

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wLZp8 TIL that Tenzing Norgay, one of the first two men who reached Mount Everest, didn't know when his exact birthday was. After his ascent of Everest on 29 May 1953, he decided to celebrate his birthday on that day thereafter.
oQZo TIL a planet shaped like a donut is theoretically possible
PYZEn TIL that in order to appease Persia for killing their ambassadors, Sparta sent two young noblemen volunteers, Bulis and Sperthias, to offer themselves to be executed in atonement. Xerxes sent the men back, saying that he would not sink to Sparta's level and did not consider Sparta's guilt loosened.
5Rv8 TIL that Voyager II was launched 66 years to the day after the first around-the-world telegram was sent
b9Oe7 TIL that between 1941 and 1942 the soviets tried to train "Anti-tank dogs" to blow up German tanks. However the dogs would usually run back into the trenches killing soviet soldiers.