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TIL: Homosexuality is still a crime in 38 African countries.

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Brx5k TIL during the 2008-9 financial crisis, the Jamaican Central Bank said that "Everyone should just chill out".
EjZx TIL Suicides fell by 40% on weekends after IDF soldiers were stopped from taking their guns home with them on weekends.
4XO8X TIL that Henry IV demanded a ransom of 150,000 marks for the release of Richard the Lionheart. Richard's brother John and the King of France offered 80,000 marks to keep him imprisoned.
wnN7 TIL George Clooney once said that he’d trade lives with Richard Branson if he could. Branson’s wife instantly responded: “Done!”
6P4w TIL the inventor of PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) was arrested in the US for violation of arms-export laws. His crime: he came up with good cryptography for communications and made it available worldwide, which was considered aiding the enemy with munition.