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TIL in 2005 a woman walked alone across the Sahara desert

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NGkN TIL In Ohio, It is illegal for foster parents to make their children who are of the opposite sex to share the same room.

Y7Wrv TIL a deity symbolizing love and beauty was distorted into a demon after a century. In the 2nd century AD, Hadrian deified his lover Antinous and demanded that everyone worship this deity. However, in Egypt, people found that a 3rd-century man named Sarapammon was summoning Antinous as a demon.

QJEpL TIL serial killers act similarly to bees. Serial killers commit crime near their home, but far enough to prevent arousing suspicion. Similarly, bees collect pollen near their hive, but far enough from predators. Scientists found algorithms from studying bee behaviour to catch felons

EyX0 TIL a homeless man lived for three years in the spaces between the girders of a drawbridge, complete with working TV and Playstation, holding on to the beams every time the bridge raised and lowered to keep from falling.

vjKL TIL NC banned the use of scientific predictions of sea-level rise in determining coastal policies