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TIL being gay in India is illegal, and has been illegal since 1861.

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yV0GM TIL Mel Gibson accidently hung himself on the set of Braveheart
B6pL TIL the the longest words you can spell in the English language without repeating a letter are “uncopyrightable” and “dermatoglyphics”, both coming in at 15 letters.
n8eW TIL indoor prostitution was legal in Rhode Island from 2003 to 2009. During those years, reports of rape dropped by 31% and female gonorrhea cases dropped by 39% according to a study done by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
v6D7 TIL Rich Clifford had parkinsons disease and hid it from NASA to fulfill his dream of being an astronaut.
WkPo TIL that “Django Unchained” will become one of the over thirty unofficial sequels to 1966’s “Django”