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TIL That up until the 1970s there existed a law in Ireland in which all bars had to close...on March 17.

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ZplVp TIL Partway through the hour-long trial of former Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena, their lawyers abandoned their defense and sided with the prosecutors. Afterwards, their execution by firing squad happened so quickly that the TV crew was unable to film the execution in full.
Mep0 TIL Muhammad Ali threw his Olympic gold medal into an Ohio river to protest racial discrimination in America
p8eKp TIL that while colored diamonds get their color from chemical impurities absorbing light- such as yellow diamonds containing nitrogen and blue diamonds containing boron- pink diamonds have no traces of impurities, thus baffling scientists and geologists as to how they have a pink color.
yQYyV TIL that dogs can get dementia.
BrLML TIL that the infamous Heaven's Gate cult supported themselves by doubling as a moderately successful web design firm. Their clients included the San Diego Polo club and a Christian music store.