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TIL convicted pedophiles in Russia can choose between jail time or chemical castration

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EkmP TIL that Iceland and the Faroe Islands are the only places in the world without Mosquitos
N7ND1 TIL Shakira is an impressive polyglot. She is fluent in Spanish, English, Portuguese, French, Italian, and Catalan
86kP TIL The Pennsylvania Dutch aren’t actually Dutch, they are German. Upon arrival, they were saying “Deutsch” which is German for, well, German. Germany in the their native language is “Deutschland.” English speaking Americans just assumed they were saying “Dutch.”
XPpX TIL a Finnish tax auditor died at his desk at work and no one noticed for two days. “People thought he wanted to work in peace and no one disturbed him.”
OXM1 TIL an Alabama school tried to ban ‘The Diary of A Young Girl’ by Anne Frank in 1983 because, according to the board’s records, it was “a real downer.”