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TIL lebanese star Mia Khalifa has been received death threats, including having her head cut off for doing porn

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xPg5 TIL that in 2009, a man was sentenced to 18 years in prison for felony assault after pointing his gun at officers raiding his home in a no-knock raid. He was shot five times and police didn’t find the drugs they were looking for.
4rPN TIL when Google was losing a lot of female employees because they weren’t coming back to work after giving birth, Google lengthened maternity leave to 5 months from 3, and changed it from partial pay to full pay, and the amount of women who didn’t come back after maternity leave dropped by 50%.
x61Jk TIL the Salish tribes bred and maintained packs of wool dogs for making yarn. They would sheer the dogs in the spring like sheep.
neXRW TIL that pineapples were so rare a sight in the 1700's they were a symbol of wealth. The few that were cultivated in hothouses were worth about five thousand pounds ($8000) each. They weren't eaten, but were rented out by the aristocracy as a table centerpiece at dinner parties.
BxJk TIL in Ancient Persia, the men used to debate ideas once sober and once drunk, because the idea needed to sound good in both states in order to be considered a good idea.