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TIL that female protesters in Egypt were subjected to virginity tests after being arrested. In 2012.

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DQwmv TIL a wide range of historic artifacts from the Titanic have been preserved. From the personal, like perfume oils and a bracelet engraved with a third-class passenger's name, to items from the ship itself, such as a menu from the last meal and a bronze cherub from the grand staircase.
1awkP TIL that a mouse will survive a fall from a skyscraper unharmed, whereas an elephant will explode.
ew6g TIL the russian army didn’t have socks for 300 years, instead they used footwraps but they are going to introduce socks in 2013
VBnQk TIL Victor Fleming directed both The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind, and did both in the same year (1939).
R50la TIL the origins of the bachata. The bachata (which translates to "party, good time") was condemned by Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo as música cachivache, or music of little worth, due to its associations with poor, working class people.