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TIL about Inspector Clouseau, a giant, pink manta ray, and scientists are not 100% sure where his unique color comes from

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0wej5 TIL that in Belgium if you go 15 years without voting, you are not allowed to vote for another 10 years.
0LOM TIL that in 1589 John Stubbs was sentenced by Queen Elizabeth to have his hand severed for seditious writing, and before the axe fell, he cried out, “My calamity is at hand!” - thus becoming the only known victim of Elizabeth to incorporate a pun at his dismemberment. He then fainted.
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