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TIL that in 2002 14 girls died in a fire after Religious Police refused exit to girls who were not properly dressed.

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x6Pv5 TIL the Aghori is a Hindu Shaivite monastic order, who's practices focus on breaking taboos, and rejecting purity. They include living in cemeteries, smearing cremation ashes on their bodies, making items from bones, meditating on corpses, and even having sex in the presence of corpses.
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OGAye TIL Prior to setting the 1964 and 1965 land speed records, Art Arfons bought a jet engine from a F-104 Starfighter from a scrap dealer for $600. He successfully fixed the engine and tested it by tying it to trees in his garden, despite objections from the government and his neighbors
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VMg5p TIL Bob Ebeling, The Challenger Engineer Who Warned Of Shuttle Disaster, Died Two Years Ago At 89 After Blaming Himself His Whole Life For Their Deaths.