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TIL that 84% of Egyptians believe that death is the appropriate punishment for leaving Islam

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Wkb8Y TIL that the Kindle Paperwhite can invert the colours on your screen (black background with white text)
69gEJ TIL Susan Backlinie the actress who played the 1st shark attack victim in the movie Jaws, wasnt actually injured by the harness as was heavily rumoured to be the reason for her realistic screams in fact it was due to being shocked after intentionally not being warned when she would start to be moved
GgW7 TIL When charging car battery, connecting positive to negative and negative to positive could result in damage to the alternator or even an explosion.
AY9o TIL the United States was secretly listening in as Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov burned alive on reentry, crying in rage at the Engineers who designed and built his faulty space capsule.
95j7 TIL The biggest solar storms in history was recorded in 1989. The storm was so massive that the Northern Lights could be seen in southern states like Florida