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TIL Ear Pulling is considered a sport in some cultures

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Wg8L TIL that ISIS bans use of tobacco, alcohol, music, showing skin of women (& mannequins), yet willfully condone the rape of non-Muslim captive women and torture/execution of non-believers.
AN7rg TIL Sassafras the main ingredient to Sarsaparilla and Gumbo File', the roots and bark of the sassafras tree contain a high concentration of the chemical safrole. Safrole was judged a carcinogen by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after testing it on rats in 1960.
GAya7 TIL pilot whales actively confront orcas and most interactions result in the orcas leaving the area.
BgKDe TIL that Andrew Johnson was so drunk during his Vice-Presidential inauguration that he gave a rambling, incoherent speech and couldn't administer the oath of office to incoming senators
Y1X7 TIL that throwing out your garbage in Germany is so complicated that the city sends you a magazine every year with instructions