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TIL The Perfumed Garden is an Islamic text from the 15th century that delves into the practices of sensual pleasure and intimacy

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j6PGR TIL of Operation Babylift, a US-led evacuation of children from Vietnam during the Vietnam War for adoption in America, Canada, Australia, and Europe. The very first flight crashed shortly after takeoff and killed 78 children.
rN7Q1 TIL in 1989 Teng Xingshan was convicted and executed for the murder of waitress Shi Xiaorong who had disappeared. In 1993 Shi reappeared said she had never met Teng.
Zp5bR TIL that Dragon Ball was originally inspired by the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West. The creator, Akira Toriyama, drew heavily from the story's characters and themes, with Goku being loosely based on the Monkey King, Sun Wukong.
KODXQ TIL about Drapetomania, a "mental illness" made up in the 1850s to explain why slaves might want to escape
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